Hi I'm in a deep situasion here so please help I'm installing linux from scrach (no rpm no precompiled soft just the sources) and have (obviosly) a problem. Basic network is half working... After installing netkit i created /etc/hosts which contains '127.0.0.1' localhost' - only! but 'ping' has a different opinion, it works when i ping an ip (like 'ping 127.0.0.1' but it throus me an 'uknown host' when i ping an address 'like ping localhost' i've searched a lot but i can't find whats wrong network is started with 'ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up' and in an computer where there's nothing else installed i can't seem much go wrong. if this is ringing a bell in someones head PLEASE send anything that you can think of (i don't care if you suspect little green people trying to take over the world throu my computer etc) to mitsis@ceid.upatras.gr i'm not able to read the list at this point thank you ps. this mail is send using only telnet so i'm not sure if it ever reacher where it should be... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq