>From /etc/network/interfaces
# We always want the loopback interface. (This is commented out in case # you're configuring it by hand elsewhere, like in /etc/init.d/network. If # you're not, you need this line) # # iface lo inet loopback Uncomment that last line and all should be well. I was bitten by this on a new install and would like to see loopback included. Lindsay -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486 32.0125S 115.8445E Debian Linux =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Fri, 19 May 2000, Malte Schmidt wrote: > Hello World, > > i've installed a frozen 2.2 debian and encountered some problems setting > up route & network loopback. First I found that a "nslookup localhost" wasn't > working. Since no network is attached to the PC i understood that i have to > configure loopback/route. > I configured the loopback device using > >ifconfig -lo 127.0.0.1 > > ifconfig told me LOOPBACK DEVICE UP (or so) > and a >ping 127.0.0.1 worked > > I think that i have to configure route as well and tried a > >route add -net 127.0.0.0 or >route add -net 127.0.0.1 > and got the errormsg SIODTTR (something like it) > A cat /proc/net/route showed me no routing at all. > System is a Debian 2.2 frozen with a 2.2.14 homebrew Kernel i.e. not the > standard 2.2.15 Kernel any more. Will update to 2.2.15 again soon. > > Could anybody tell me: Where is my mistake? > > Thanks > > Malte Schmidt > > -- > Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
