On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:06:22 +1100 "Amos Shapira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 31/01/07, Alan L Tyree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That may be it: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ifconfig > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:24:92:E1:91 > > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:12348 (12.0 KiB) > > Interrupt:52 Base address:0x8000 > > > > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:24:7D:2B:C4 > > inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 > > Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::211:24ff:fe7d:2bc4/64 > > Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:874 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:1035 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:57675 (56.3 KiB) TX bytes:1126998 (1.0 MiB) > > Interrupt:41 Base address:0x3000 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > > > But no lo device! Will pursue further and report back. > > > Check that you have the following in /etc/network/interfaces: > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > then run "ifup lo" BINGO!! [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo $DISPLAY localhost:10.0 There was an error in the /etc/network/interfaces file that prevented lo from being started. No idea at all how it came to be corrupted. Thanks to all for your help on this. Cheers, Alan > > --Amos > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
