Learned something today.

Post by **Big-E** » 03 Sep 2008, 12:30

If you fuck with /etc/network/interfaces and mess up the loopback adapter Gnome will not run. With ubuntu you will also have issues with your sudo command.

Make sure you always have the following in your interfaces configuration file.

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Cheers.

Post by **bad_brain** » 03 Sep 2008, 13:10

the desktop environment is running as a service (xserver), just like a web- or ftp-one....if the connection can't be made to localhost: no local desktop anymore.
not sure what causes the sudo issue....

Post by **Big-E** » 03 Sep 2008, 13:45

Try removing your lo adapter, then type in sudo on an Ubuntu system (not sure if its ubuntu or debian issue)..anyway, it will return something "hostname *yourhostname cannot be found" and various other wonky things happen when you use the command - like my prompt aligning horizontal opposed to vertical.

visser · Post by **visser** » 04 Sep 2008, 19:29

wow that is amazing actually! how something so simple can kill everything!