From: krlane@garden.demon.co.uk (Kevin Lane) Subject: Re: NET problems Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1993 17:01:34 +0000
In article <1993Feb11.101810.26407@informatik.uni-bremen.de> lucy@lehre24.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE writes:
>Hi
>
>I have some problems with configuring and installing the net-stuff. The
>kernel (0.99p4) is compiled with tcp/ip. At boot this messages showes up:
>bla bla
> socket: protocol not supported
> socket: protocol not supported --> what protocol ???
> socket: protocol not supported
> init AF_UNIX AF_INET ... can't remember the whole phrase
> init loopback device
>bla bla
>
>When i telnet into my pc (loopback device i have no ethernet board ..)
>this happens:
>$telnet Cyberspace
>Cyberspace: Hostname lookup failure ---> nameservice ???
>
>If i start telnetd (telnet daemon) another error message appears:
>getpeername: Bad file number
>
> *** parts deleted ***
> ///////////////CaptainCoreDump///////////////////
>
I am also having the same problem. I've followed the latest
net faq and tried to install loopback on two different Linux
boxes with the same results.
Any ideas???