Doing (1) solves my problem. What did I do and why did it work? Thanks a lot for your help! -deech
On 6/4/10, Roman Cheplyaka <r...@ro-che.info> wrote: > Confirm if any of the following solves the problem: > > 1. commenting out (by prepending putting hash sign '#' in the beginning > of the line) the following line in /etc/hosts: > > ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback > > 2. executing as root the following command: > > rmmod ipv6 > > * aditya siram <aditya.si...@gmail.com> [2010-06-04 13:51:29-0500] >> Here's my GHCI session (with my network card off): >> Prelude Network Network.Socket> connectTo "localhost" (PortNumber 3000) >> *** Exception: connect: does not exist (Connection refused) >> Prelude Network Network.Socket> connectTo "127.0.0.1" (PortNumber 3000) >> {handle: <socket: 7>} >> >> The OS is Ubuntu (Lucid) Linux. The contents of "/etc/hosts" and >> "/etc/nsswitch.conf" are: >> >> > cat /etc/nsswitch.conf >> # /etc/nsswitch.conf >> # >> # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. >> # If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, >> try: >> # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file. >> >> passwd: compat >> group: compat >> shadow: compat >> >> hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4 >> networks: files >> >> protocols: db files >> services: db files >> ethers: db files >> rpc: db files >> >> netgroup: nis >> >> > cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> 127.0.1.1 deech-mac-ubuntu >> >> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts >> ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback >> fe00::0 ip6-localnet >> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix >> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes >> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters >> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts >> >> >> -deech >> >> On 6/4/10, Roman Cheplyaka <r...@ro-che.info> wrote: >> > * aditya siram <aditya.si...@gmail.com> [2010-06-03 22:30:33-0500] >> >> Hi all, >> >> I had an issue where using the connectTo [1] function would fail to >> >> connect to "localhost" if my wireless card was turned off. The moment >> >> I turned on my wireless connection it worked. But if I use connectTo >> >> with "127.0.0.1" [2] with my network off it works. >> >> >> >> I confirmed that "localhost' resolves to "127.0.0.1" by pinging >> >> "localhost" from command line with the Internet off. >> >> >> >> Is this a bug in "connectTo"? >> >> >> >> -deech >> >> >> >> [1] connectTo "localhost" (PortNumber some_number) >> >> [2] connectTo "127.0.0.1" (PortNumber some_number) >> > >> > How exactly did it fail? Did it throw an exception? If so, what was the >> > exception? >> > >> > Which operating system did you observe that under? >> > >> > If that was Linux, can you show the contents of the following files on >> > that system: >> > >> > /etc/nsswitch.conf >> > /etc/hosts >> > >> > -- >> > Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ >> > "Don't let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > > > -- > Roman I. Cheplyaka :: http://ro-che.info/ > "Don't let school get in the way of your education." - Mark Twain > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe