Hi Kjetil, please append your new messages at the end of the mail, it is more easy to read...
Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > --- Thorsten Strusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > > > Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > > > 17 Apr 2002, Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > > > > > --- Thorsten Strusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > > > > > Kjetil Tjensvold wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > I can't ping 127.0.0.1. > > > > > > > Is that normal??? > > > > > > > > > > > > no > > > > > > > <<ok Than I have real trouble. > > > > > > first, do you even have an entry for 127.0.0.1 in > > > > your /etc/hosts file? > > > > > > > > next, try the following two commands: > > > > > > > > # ifconfig > > > > # ifconfig -a > > > > > > > > the difference is that the first will show only > > > > active interfaces, > > > > while the second will show all interfaces, even > > > > those that are down. > > > > is it possible that you somehow deactivated your > > > > "lo" interface? > > > > > After recompiling the kernel the loopback > > interface > > > didn't show up. Either eth0. > > > I typed ifconfig lo up > > > and got it up when I type ifconfig. The problem is > > > that I can not ping 127.0.0.1 for some reason. > > > > do you activated your firewall? > > iptables -L or ipchains -L should show you the > > current status. > > perhaps you blocked localhost? > > 127.0.0.1 doesen't show up in the ipchain,but I think > it wasen't there before I compiled the kernel either. I donīt think it is a problem of ipchains at all. try 'service ipchains stop' hmm, I donīt know which kernel option you forgot, I think you have to run 'make menuconfig' again and search for more relevant options and bind them as module... regards Thorsten _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
