[Pkg-net-snmp-devel] Bug#574958: snmpd don't start

[Gerfried Fuchs]

        Hi!

* Pierre Raimbault <pierre.raimbault at ffe.com> [2010-03-22 14:09:43 CET]:
> snmpd don't start just after fresh installation. I have this error in
> /var/log/syslog :
> 
> snmpd[1641]: Error opening specified endpoint "127.0.0.1"
> snmpd[1641]: Server Exiting with code 1

 It sounds like you don't have the loop back interface enabled. Can you
check about that? "/sbin/ifconfig lo" should give you the informations,
calling with root permissions "/sbin/ifconfig lo up" should set it to up
- can you try if that fixes the issue for you?

 Thanks,
Rhonda