Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 03 Feb 1999 11:16:42 +0100 | From | Alessandro Suardi <> | Subject | Re: network loopback doesn't work in 2.2.1? |
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Marc Lehmann wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 07:28:46PM +1100, Michael Slade wrote: > > Marc Lehmann wrote: > > > > > > After booting 2.2.1, I found that, although the loopback interface was > > > up, no route was pointing to it, and "telnet 127.1" didn't connect but > > > eventually timed out. > > > > I had a similar problem when I upgraded from 2.0.36 to 2.2.0pre9. As it > > Similar, but not the same (unfortunately). > > > turns out, the routing and interface stuff has changed somewhat, so your > > network configure scripts need some tweaking. This worked for me: > > > > ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up > > Didn't help. It must be something that changed between pre9 and 2.2.1. > The route is there (but not automatically), still it is being ignored > (unable to ping etc..) >
Must be something with your config. After booting I get this:
[asuardi@dogbert asuardi]$ telnet 127.1 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.1. Escape character is '^]'.
Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo) Kernel 2.2.1 on an i586 login: login: <------- (me doing ^D here) Connection closed by foreign host. [asuardi@dogbert asuardi]$ ifconfig lo lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:92 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 [asuardi@dogbert asuardi]$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo [asuardi@dogbert asuardi]$ ifconfig --version net-tools 1.50 ifconfig 1.38 (1999-01-05)
Cheers,
--alessandro <asuardi@uninetcom.it> <asuardi@it.oracle.com>
Linux 2.0.36/2.2.1 glibc-2.0.7-29 gcc-2.8.1 binutils-2.9.1.0.19a
"I hate bugs which disappear just as soon as you start trying to narrow things down." -- Stephen Tweedie
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