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Cannot connect to localhost

Discussion in 'The Alternative OS' started by Mamut0o1, Jan 25, 2008.

  1. Mamut0o1 Newcomer, in training Posts: 75

    Hello, I recently change my ip from dhcp to static but I just noticed that when I try http://localhost:901 or http://localhost:631 I get a "cannot connet to localhost" error. This used to work for me so I think I messed up by mistake a loopback setting or a service not running??? has anyone had this problem before?

    thanks
    Mamut0o1, Jan 25, 2008
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  2. Nodsu Newcomer, in training Posts: 9,431

    I assume you are running some sort of a Linux here..

    First, check your /etc/hosts file and see what it says about localhost. You should have an entry saying that 127.0.0.1 is the same as localhost.
    Second, run "netstat -tlnp" to get a list of processes listening for network connections. You should have cupsd listening on 0.0.0.0/0:631 for example.
    Nodsu, Jan 25, 2008
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  3. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,228   +122

    Actually http://localhost/ works on Windows too, assuming the service is
    properly configured to listen on *:80, or in your case *:901

    Verify your config for the service
    eg:
    Listen 0.0.0.0:80
    Listen 0.0.0.0:901
    jobeard, Jan 25, 2008
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