From: probreak@cis.ksu.edu (James M Chacon) Subject: Re: NET problems Date: 23 Feb 1993 11:33:09 GMT
krlane@garden.demon.co.uk (Kevin Lane) writes:
>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???
The reason these will show up, is if your try to run config to configure
a nonexistant ethernet device. Just comment out the line:
$CONFIG -n $NET -r $ROUTER eth0 $IPADDR
Out of your rc.net.
James