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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 08:09:56 -0700
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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To: wleong@sfsu.edu
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In-Reply-To: <199511100831.AAA24735@mercury.sfsu.edu> (wleong@apollo.sfsu.edu)
Subject: Re: startx won't start, Help!!!
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Type

	ifconfig lo0

If you're seeing something like

	lo0: flags=8008<LOOPBACK,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
	        inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 

Then type (as root)

	ifconfig lo0 up

Then try startx.

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, "Did you sleep
good?"  I said, "No, I made a few mistakes." -- Steven Wright