[nmglug] Mozilla apps freeze on print

[Gary Sandine]

On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:27:35AM -0700, BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> This doesn't look too good:
> brianokeefe at ubuntu:~$ ping localhost
> PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 
> --- localhost.localdomain ping statistics ---
> 126 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 125608ms

Oh, that's weird.  Do you have a firewall (iptables) running?  What
is the output of /sbin/ifconfig?  What does the line starting with
127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts look like?  If localhost does not resolve
(or can not be reached), lots of weird things will happen.

-- 
Gary Sandine <gars at sandine.net>