Konqueror can't connect to http://localhost/ if eth0 down

[Doug]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Konqueror can't connect to http://localhost/ if eth0 down
> From: Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> Date: Wed, May 16, 2007 1:00 pm
> To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> Doug wrote:
> 
> >> Does anybody have a clue what the mechanism is that prevents Konqueror
> >> finding _any_ website if there's no active network connection?
> >> 
> >> The 'lo' interface is up:
> > 
> > I just shut down my networking to see if I could reproduce the error
> and
> > Konqueror worked correctly with http://localhost/
> 
> Well, damn, that's not at all helpful :-(  At least if it worked the same
> way for you, we'd have another clue.
> 
> Actually, maybe I do have a clue.  What does "route" say?  Mine
> doesn't look
> right:
> 
> # route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use
> Iface
> 192.168.22.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0       
> 0 eth0
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0       
> 0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         192.168.22.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0       
> 0 eth0
> 
> In the first place, none of those say "lo" - surely there should be a
> route
> for 127.0.0.0 with mask 255.0.0.0?
> 
> Secondly there's that oh-so-annoying zeroconf address, which I told
> KDE to
> turn off...(not that I think it's connected, but having the system
> pretend
> it's on a network when it isn't causes me other problems).
> -- 
> derek
> 
I looked at my routing tables shows the same thing except for the
192.168.22.0 was replaced with my network number 192.168.1.0.  That is
strange no reference to the 127.0.0.0, My suse box does show the
127.0.0.0 in the routing table.  Must be something with the way ubuntu
handles it.  Sorry I can't be of more help I have only been working
with Ubuntu for two days now not yet familiar with the location of all
the config files.

The fact that I couldn't reproduce the error makes it harder.

BTW I am using the Kubuntu 7.04.