network interface lo does not exist [SOLVED]

[wobbly]

I'm at a loss. Why does the net.lo interface not come up?

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gyroklystron init.d # net.lo start 
 * Starting lo
 *   Loading networking modules for lo
 *     modules: iproute2 system
 *       iproute2 provides interface
 *   Bringing up lo
 *     127.0.0.1/8
 *     network interface lo does not exist
 *     Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver)                   [ !! ]
gyroklystron init.d # 

[wobbly]

I solved it. It was a udev problem, and it solved a gnome problem I was having
(my post in this thread http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-49 ... ight-.html)
as well as a cups problem I was having (with no loopback I couldn't go to
http://127.0.0.1:631).
I was getting a lot of udev errors at boot (that I could never report since
I can't get to the messages). Simply remerging udev didn't solve
it. I had to remove the directory /etc/udev and then remerge udev.
Not all appears to be well.

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gyroklystron etc # /etc/init.d/net.lo restart
 * WARNING:  you are stopping a boot service.
 * Unmounting network filesystems ...                                     [ ok ]
 * Stopping ntpd ...                                                      [ ok ]
 * Stopping sshd ...                                                      [ ok ]
 * Stopping lo
 *   Loading networking modules for lo
 *     modules: iproute2 system
 *   Bringing down lo
 *     Shutting down lo ...                                               [ ok ]
 * Starting lo
 *   Loading networking modules for lo
 *     modules: iproute2 system
 *       iproute2 provides interface
 *   Bringing up lo
 *     127.0.0.1/8                                                        [ ok ]
 *   Adding routes
 *     127.0.0.0/8 ...                                                    [ ok ]
 * Mounting network filesystems ...                                       [ ok ]
 * Starting ntpd ...                                                      [ ok ]
 * Starting sshd ...                                                      [ ok ]
gyroklystron etc #