HELP: "rpcbind: server localhost not responding"

[Reg Clemens]

> On Thursday 15 January 2009 12:35:14 Rick Stevens wrote:
> > Reg Clemens wrote:
> > > HELP - I have built a new kernel (to add some options) and I have
> > > obviously missed something important... but I cant find it.
> > >
> > > With THIS new kernel, during the boot, I get the message
> > >
> > > 	rpcbind: server localhost not responding, timed out
> > > 	RPC: failed to contact local rpcbind server (errorno 5)
> 
> if you use tcp wrappers, you may need to enable 127.0.0.1 with access to 
> rpcbind in hosts.allow
>

Nope, thats not it.
 
> > > With a previous kernel everything is OK, so its not a
> > > userland problem.
> > >
> > > Ive looked at everything imaginable with xconfig, and I dont
> > > see what Ive missed,- somebody...  point me at my stupidity.
>
> Er, did you enable networking?

Networking is up and running, I can talk to other machines. 

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                                        Reg.Clemens
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