HELP Gutsy is down and can't get up

[Sam Stern]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-users-
> bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Larry Alkoff
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:35 PM
> To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions
> Subject: Re: HELP Gutsy is down and can't get up
> 
> Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Larry Alkoff wrote:
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> >
> 
> 
> Thanks for your reply Nils.
> 
> I use a static address on my local non-routable network.
> 
> My /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this:
> auto lo


Hi Larry,


change the line that reads

auto lo

to read

auto lo eth0

The restart the network.


FWIW the Line reads 

iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

can safely be changed to read only 

iface lo inet loopback

But it's only a style point.

HTH

Sam Stern
Grand Island, New York, USA