Patrick Hsieh, 2001-Dec-01 09:43 +0800: > Hello list, > > I have a Debian 2.2r4 running 2.4.16. Everything is fine, but I fail to > connect to localhost. > > Then network configuration is ok, since it can communicate to the > internet. But when I type: > > ethome:~# telnet localhost 25 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > The connection hangs for a while, but I am sure the smtp daemon is ok > because incoming connections are alive. > > This problem exists on all localhost connections. This is weird because > I DO have a lo device: > > ethome:~# ifconfig lo > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:3936 (3.8 Kb) TX bytes:3936 (3.8 Kb) > > > > ideas? > -- > Patrick Hsieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I may be mistaken, but I believe that the stable release (2.2r4 in your case) is NOT designed to support a 2.4.x kernel. You can get some good information on what you need to do here: http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User
