From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 23 13: 7:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from napalm.plano.sterling.com (napalm.plano.sterling.com [208.24.125.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AF0D14C8C for ; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 13:07:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alan.edmonds@sterling.com) Received: from sterling.com (CD27T.plano.sterling.com [10.1.54.234]) by napalm.plano.sterling.com (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA05484; Thu, 23 Dec 1999 15:07:41 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <38628F1D.5EE9769F@sterling.com> Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 15:07:41 -0600 From: Alan Edmonds X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Nawfal M. Rouyan" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: localhost doesn't work? References: <19991223210100.38705.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There's been reports of a setup problem with lo0. Check your /etc/rc.conf file. See if lo0 is missing from the network_interfaces list. I just did an install and it was missing. It just had "de0 auto". Just add lo0 and reboot. It worked for me. -- Alan Edmonds, KB5ZUY Sterling Software M/S 132 Phone: +1-972-801-6485 5800 Tennyson Pkwy. Email: alan.edmonds@sterling.com Plano, TX, USA 75024 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message