On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 07:03:53PM +1000, Brendan J Simon wrote: > After reading some of the startup scripts I notice that /etc/init.d/network is > obsolete for Debian 2.2 (or is that 2.2 kernels ?). > The /etc/network/interfaces file has the loopback device commented out. Just > uncomment the line "iface lo inet loopback" and everything should be fine. > I'm not sure if this should be the default or not. It may depend on whether > one > is doing a fresh install or an upgrade. Though I did fresh installs on my G4 > and my G3 and they behave differently. Weird.
There's a bug in the installer now that causes localhost not to get configured if you don't configure the network. They're trying to work out a good fix. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
