The thing is, I can ping localhost. Nothing else has a problem talking to localhost, it's just postgresql. It has the same setup files as a separate installation on my home Gentoo box, which works fine. On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:44:08 -0600, Micheal <sundance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 20:29, Shawn Kovalchick wrote: > > > > ifconfig lo > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:2503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:2503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:2402682 (2.2 Mb) TX bytes:2402682 (2.2 Mb) > > > > On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:23:30 -0600, Micheal <sundance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 20:17, Shawn Kovalchick wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to set up a postgresql server on FC2, and it seems that the server > > > > is unable to look up 127.0.0.1. Further investigation shows that dig > > > > is unable to return anything for localhost or a reverse lookup for > > > > 127.0.0.1. /etc/hosts has an entry for 127.0.0.1 pointing to > > > > localhost and localhost.localdomain. Am I missing something? > > > > > > > > Relevant sections of configuration files follow: > > > > > > > > /etc/nsswitch.conf contains this line: > > > > hosts: files dns > > > > > > > > /etc/hosts contains: > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain > > > > > > > > I apologize if this has been double posted, it appears that the > > > > initial post didn't take, as I was not yet signed up on the list. > > > > > > What does the out put of > > > > > > /sbin/ifconfig lo > > > > > > give? > > > > > > MC > > > > > > > > > > Thats tough. Nothing wrong with hosts or nsswitch.conf. If you can't > ping localhost. I would check your iptables and/or your postrgresql > configuration. Other than that, thats all I can suggest for now. > > MC > >
