Hey again, Thanks for all the fast replies ..
Yes .. ne was in /etc/modules .. and so it tried to load it on top of the kernel one .. Shouldnt make modules_install write over this file or something .. or be made too ?? with the up to date modules to run. Anyways .. the ether card doesnt look like its the problem .. With only the following lines in /etc/init.d/netork : #! /bin/sh ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 route add -net 127.0.0.0 ie. only loopback .. still get operation not permitted .. Had to check my sanity .. and make sure networking was compiled in the Kernel with everything .. it was .. saved config .. then recompiled installed etc, just in case .. still no luck. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ping 127.0.0.1 PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: Operation not permitted ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Operation not permitted ping: wrote 127.0.0.1 64 chars, ret=-1 --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ifconfig lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584 Metric:1 RX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 error:0 dropped:0 over:0 carrier:0 coll:0 regards, -- NiNJA [EMAIL PROTECTED] -= GiGz.net - The netwerk that goes "d00f" =- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]