On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 15:43:46 -0400 Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Just a heads up, in case your Wheezy machine acts like my Wheezy > machine... > > My Wheezy machine doesn't run the loopback device lo on reboot. This > means I can't access my local Dovecot server. I reboot so seldom I > always forget this. > > So if you're getting all sorts of wierd errors after reboot, I suggest > you do a /sbin/ifconfig, and if lo or eth0 aren't running, I suggest > you do as root: > > ifdown eth0 > ifdown lo > ifup lo > ifup eth0 > > Note that the ifup eth0 will error out if the ifdown didn't take down > a running eth0, and that's not a problem: Ignore the error. > > If another ifconfig reveals a running and connected eth0 and lo, then > try everything again, and you might be pleasantly surprised. > > That does appear to be a genuine, gold-plated bug. I have a wheezy server which gets booted every couple of months, and has various services which connect via lo e.g. POP3 download to SMTP. I've never seen an lo problem. I don't believe it has any fancy network management. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
