On Saturday 06 Jun 2009, [email protected] wrote: > Quoting "Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri." <[email protected]>: > Ok, i'm back at the machine. Postfix refuses to start with this > error. > > ------------------------------ > shar...@opium:~$ sudo postfix start > postfix: fatal: parameter inet_interfaces: no local interface found > for 127.0.0.1 > > ------------------------------- > shar...@opium:~$ /sbin/route -n > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref > Use Iface 220.224.141.129 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 > 0 0 ppp0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U > 0 0 0 ppp0 > > (I'm online with reliance netconnect thru ppp0 -- otherwise the above > command shows nothing.) > ------------------------------- > > shar...@opium:~$ ping 127.0.0.1 > PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > ^C > --- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics --- > 90 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 89030ms > > -------------------------------- > > shar...@opium:~$ /sbin/ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:20:24:d3:9c > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:115.240.27.149 P-t-P:220.224.141.129 > Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1587 errors:15 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1640 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 > RX bytes:1378831 (1.3 MiB) TX bytes:361480 (353.0 KiB) > > --------------------------------- > > If I do sudo /sbin/ifconfig lo up > > lo comes up with > > shar...@opium:~$ /sbin/ifconfig > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) > > After I bring up lo, postfix starts up normally. As an aside, while > installing, debian had barfed on setting up the network. I had to go > into expert install and skip that step as it complained of not > finding a network interface. > > What now ? Why is lo not coming up automatically ?
Do you have a line like the following in /etc/network/interfaces? iface lo inet loopback Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
