Hi!! Thanks a lot, guys! It was the loopback interface: it wasn't on the /etc/network/interfaces
Now both KDE and GNOME are working fine!!! I'm just wondering now if I messed up in the installation or if there's something wrong with the debian-installer... Well, anyway, thanks again! On 12/3/05, D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a network problem. Everything in KDE is on a network, even if the > network only has one node. Make sure your lo interface is up. To test, make > sure you can ping localhost and or 127.0.0.1 > > If not, try "ifup lo" and see if that cures it. > > If not, no clue. > > -- > D. Michael 'Silvan' McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 > Author of Rosegarden Companion http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ On 12/3/05, Amarok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi... try this two things: > > # fc-cache -v > to update your font cache > > and > > # ifconfig > > to see if the loopback is there (something like this) > > 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:698 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:698 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:59612 (58.2 KiB) TX bytes:59612 (58.2 KiB) > > > if ifconfig does not output the lo interface check in > /etc/network/interfaces there is this seccion > > # The loopback interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > > if not... add it, and do > # /etc/init.d/networking restart > or reboot the sistem > > regards > Amarok -- Marcel Kenji de Carli Silva (BCC2001 IME-USP)

