[TAG] localhost vanishes after rebooting

[Joydeep Bakshi]

On Thursday 28 Apr 2005 7:31 pm, Jpydeep Bakshi wrote:
> On Thursday 28 Apr 2005 1:46 am, mso at oz.net wrote:
> > We're going to have to start another column, "Joydeep's Questions". :)
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 > I had a similar problem a couple weeks ago when my Gentoo configuration
> > blew up and wouldn't run the network-up scripts.  I configured eth0
> > manually but didn't bother with lo.  KDE wouldn't start; it just drew a
> > blank background screen.  Turns out KDE depends on the loopback.  I did
> > "ifconfig lo up" but that didn't work, so I had to do "ifconfig lo
> > 127.0.0.1".
> >
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> > In kernel 2.2 you had to set all routes, but in 2.4 and 2.6 it
> > automatically sets the "interface route"; i.e., the one implied by the IP
> > and netmask.    The only route you have to set is the default gateway.
>
> that means I need not use   * route add 127.0.0.1*

HURRAY. my problem has been solved Mike. I did *ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1* but 
skipped the 'route add.........'   as you have suggested 'it is not required 
in 2.6 kernel' (mine is 2.6.10). and now localhost again come back -;)). 
Thanks Mike.