On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 02:42:37PM -0700, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Finally, make sure that localhost.localdomain is still listed in > /etc/hosts. I think I've seen at least one report on the list that the > hosts file was emptied out, and the other day mine was, too. I haven't > yet tracked down what might have caused that, but perhaps yours has been > emptied as well. This is indeed the culprit. Thanks. Alexander