Did you try also ifconfig lo up, to see if you can bring the loopback up by hand?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kjetil Tjensvold Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 3:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: No ping at 127.0.0.1. Is that normal? --- Thorsten Strusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > 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 don´t think it is a problem of ipchains at all. > try 'service ipchains stop' > > hmm, I don´t 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 > > Hi. I have checked for loopback block device in the xconfig and compiled it with that enabled.But the loopback interface is not brought up at boot. What should service ipchains stop give? > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ===== Investigating the Norwegain 4.th Secret Service The multiheaded animal. http://hjem.sol.no/altiett/knut_ove_hauge_kuren.htm ______________________________________________________ Sjekk snørapporter... fra 500 ski-destinasjoner i Europa på http://no.snow.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
