<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Phil Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:phil.smith@phil-home.com">phil.smith@phil-home.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Check
you actually have a 'localhost' definition in /etc/hosts......I had the same
problem when I accidentally removed the line so it could not resolve
<a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">127.0.0.1</a></font></span></p>
<p><span></span></p></div></blockquote></div>That's a great thought--certainly fits the symptoms. However, by the time I read your tip, I had done a complete re-install, so I can't say for 100 percent certain what was in "hosts".
<br><br>However, I am still having the same problem, and the first line of hosts looks ok.<br><br>I ran into another problem which I think is best posted in a new thread. Thanks.<br><br>John<br><br>