hi i have been getting back to debian from 5 years of r/h.
i have a machine dedicated to the process: piii 550 256mb, 3c905 (module 3c59x)... vanilla 2.2r5 potato install here is my first problem at startup: the loopback is missing from the route table if i try to add it manually: route add -net 127.0.0.0 (as per man page) i get SIOCADDRT: invalid argument ifconfig lo shows it up and running. /etc/network/interfaces just shows: iface la inet loopback for it... no ip 127..... of course, ping does not work right: the ping display is missing the 'from' part: > ping alfie PING alfie.cia-g.com (10.42.42.110): 56 data bytes then after ctrl/c --- alfie.cia-g.com ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss > this is a pure & simple potato install. i am sure the problem is revealed by the SIOCADDRT error, but i don't know where to look. thank you dave -- Dave Mallery, K5EN PO Box 520 Ramah, NM 87321 no gates no windows... running GNU/Linux free at last! Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds
