Just an update
an edit on /etc/rc.conf revealed that ifconfig_lo0 = dhcp (what the
point of that is is beyond me)
it also revealed it wasn't bringing up the lo0 device at boot.
editing and saving the file resolved the issue of initializing the
interface and starting the domain.
Kenneth Clark wrote:
> And that my dear friends is how you debug.
>
> Thanks very much for the input (feel like a bit of a moron for
> assuming the loop back device was fine)
>
> after running ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 up and starting the domain it
> runs fine.
>
> Thanks for all your patience and we will file this under "learning curve"
>
> Lessons learnt?
>
> ping localhost would have established that the loopback wasn't
> working. So start from the plug and make sure what ever is not working
> is first plugged in and never assume your loopback device is working :D
>
> Thanks again
>
> Binod wrote:
>> Kenneth Clark wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner.
>>>
>>> Here is the resulting output from the last snippet (which looks
>>> strangely familiar to the problem I am having)
>>
>> It is the same problem, just that we got it reproduced outside the
>> appserver
>> (so, not an appserver issue).
>>
>>>
>>> Ok, We got the loopback address
>>> Exception in thread "main" java.net.BindException: Can't assign
>>> requested address
>>
>> This basically mean that lo0 is not configured properly or not
>> available.
>>
>> Try ifconfig -a (Hope it is the same in FreeBSD) and see lo0 is up or
>> not...
>>
>> Perhaps you need to do "ifconfig lo0 127.0.0.1 up"
>>
>> - Binod.
>>
>>> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
>>> at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:359)
>>> at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:319)
>>> at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:185)
>>> at tt.main(tt.java:16)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Binod wrote:
>>>
>>>> Kenneth Clark wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have attached the files, if this is not sufficient let me know
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lets see, if we need more :-)
>>>>
>>>> Can we try this small java app? Look like there is some problem
>>>> with loopback address.
>>>>
>>>> import java.net.*;
>>>> import java.nio.channels.*;
>>>>
>>>> public class t {
>>>> public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>>>>
>>>> InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(null);
>>>>
>>>> if (address.isLoopbackAddress()) {
>>>> System.out.println("Ok, We got the loopback address");
>>>> } else {
>>>> System.out.println("Oh! getByName(null) returns
>>>> non-loop back address");
>>>> address = null;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> ServerSocket s1 = new ServerSocket(0,0,address);
>>>>
>>>> System.out.println("s1 is:" + s1.getLocalPort());
>>>>
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> }
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