Re: can't ping localhost
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 07:03:53PM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote:
> After reading some of the startup scripts I notice that /etc/init.d/network is
> obsolete for Debian 2.2 (or is that 2.2 kernels ?).
> The /etc/network/interfaces file has the loopback device commented out. Just
> uncomment the line "iface lo inet loopback" and everything should be fine.
> I'm not sure if this should be the default or not. It may depend on whether one
> is doing a fresh install or an upgrade. Though I did fresh installs on my G4
> and my G3 and they behave differently. Weird.
There's a bug in the installer now that causes localhost not to get
configured if you don't configure the network. They're trying to work
out a good fix.
Dan
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