>....
>
> Now, after some Googling, I see that this problem (or at least similar
> problems) can be caused by a firewall on the loopback interface. Do you
> think this is the cause of my problem? (I posted my Iptables output in
> an earlier post).
>
> However, as a test, I temporarily disabled the firewall and
> unfortunately still got the same problem.
That may not be enough in a context where the Firewalling software was
started and then stopped. Residual rules and or states may still affect the
loopback interface.
Can you, for instance, 'ping localhost' with success ?
> That is the firewall on this
> FC4 machine... I am connected to the Internet via a wireless connection
> which has its own firewall - but surely that should not affect this (or
> should it?)
>
> What should my next step be?
>
Set the firewalling functions off , wherever this needs to be done,
and *restart* the system.
Check whether you can ping the localhost (itself).
M.
> Dying of frustration here.....
>
> Many thanks for your patience...
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
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