On Saturday 25 August 2007 12:50:12 jdtiede at bellsouth.net wrote: > I am getting a message from PostgreSQL: "Connection to database failed. > Couldn't open socket; Network is unreachable." This happens as soon as I > call the pgaccess front end; using psql from the command line works > normally. But I also can't reach my DSL gateway from that box (works fine > from across the hall). Can't ping anything, even 127.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1 (I > forget which is correct for the loopback). > > This all started last night when I converted some tables from the internet > to text using OpenOffice Writer. I was getting a lot of messages about not > being able to reach the source, as it apparently was taking underlined > fields as links--understandable when it happened only on those fields but > now it happens on others. Is there a way to disable that feature > temporarily? >
Have you tried restarting your network? Whatever init script takes care of it should make sure the right kernel modules are loaded and reconfigure your nic. If you're not using a static IP, it should also restart the dhcp client. There's also things like your routing table, ipfilter, etc to check. I'm guessing that you sent this email from another box, since those messages usually mean you aren't networked at the time. -- Thanks, Fernando Vilas fvilas at iname.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070825/12dfc931/attachment.bin
