Hello Kristian, *,
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 08:19:07AM +0100, Kristian Nielsen wrote:
> Thomas Hackert <thack...@nexgo.de> writes:
> >> "error: 99: Cannot assign requested address" - again, this indicates
> >> EADDRNOTAVAIL, suggesting that 127.0.0.1 is missing on the system.
> >
> > But does it mean, I have to install bind to use mariadb-server? I would
> > prefer to not install it ... ;)
>
> No, it has nothing to do with bind.
O.K.
> It means that the default configuration file is set up with an IP address that
> is invalid on your system.
O.K.
> > Well, in my /etc/networks I have the line
> > <quote>
> > loopback 127.0.0.0
> > </quote>
> > . But if I use the address, the router has assigned to my Desktop PC
> > (192.168.X.YYY ... ;) ), it works :) Then I can use "apt-get -f install"
> > to fix the installation. But still wondering, if this could not be fixed
> > (say: a pre-install script, which checks the system for a working
> > network and/or which IP address is assigned to the machine or the like
>
> In principle, yes. However, I am reluctant to change this. It sounds like your
> system has a broken network setup,
Maybe, but I can go online and all without any problem ... ;)
> I have never seen before a correctly
> configured system without 127.0.0.1 address. Also note that this comes from
> the original Debian MySQL packages, so changing it also is dangerous in case
> we break compatibility.
O.K.
> If you want, you can send me the output of
>
> ifconfig -a
>
> so I can check if there is something special with your network setup. My guess
This gives me (I have only used $X and $Y to hold some privacy ... ;) ):
<quote>
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:1a:4d:63:c0:ae
inet Adresse:192.168.$X.$YYY Bcast:192.168.$X.255
Maske:255.255.255.0
inet6-Adresse: fe80::21a:4dff:fe63:c0ae/64
Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metrik:1
RX packets:46295454 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:47876507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
RX bytes:28966400302 (26.9 GiB) TX bytes:29041333971 (27.0
GiB)
Interrupt:40 Basisadresse:0x8000
lo Link encap:Lokale Schleife
LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metrik:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
</quote>
> would be that you would find other programs have similar problems with missing
> 127.0.0.1 address.
Not until now ... ;)
Thanks again
Thomas.
--
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that
they might escape the lusts of the flesh.
-- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
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