Re: loop back device

["Ralph M. Deal" <deal@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Adam, for the quick response:

The internet seems to work fine with ifconfig showing ppp0 but not lo.
 
> Anyway, take a look at /etc/sysconfig/network; do you have NETWORKING=yes

yes.

> Loopback is started if /etc/rc.d/init.d/network is started.  
> Check your default runlevel and make sure that it contains a symlink to
> ../init.d/network.  If your default run level is 5 you want to look in
> /etc/rc.d/rc5.d, if 3 (non GUI) check /etc/rc.d/rc3.d.  These contain
> symlinks to the start/stop files of the services you want to run/not-run
> at that level.


When I check the runlevel editor in the controlpanel, it shows that at
level 3, my start-up level, network IS included and, consistent with that,
rc3.d has a symbolic link, S10network, to init.d/network.

Perhaps an error that I get when exitting linuxconf is indicative:
everytime I leave linuxconf, the actions to be taken before closing
include reloading /init.d/network and init.d/nfslock. The latter always
fails to reload.  Any more suggestions?

	Thaks, Ralph   deal@kzoo.edu