SOLVED - Enabling network makes xfree-apps stop working

[helmers]

Hi all.

I have been having this problem on my laptop for some time now. Whenever I enable the networking functions of my wireless networking card, GNOME refuses to start any new applications, and it seems like it is waiting for a timeout that never comes. KDE behaves the same.

I get the same using both DHCP and manual IP config. I have added my hostname in /etc/hosts as 127.0.0.1.

One thing, the laptop is pretty low on memory, so I have removed a lot of the startup services, if that gives someone a clue?

Finally, when first enabled, there is no point in disabling the network, or even removing the card. When b0rked, there is no way back.

I am currently using the 2.6.0-gentoo-sources and madwifi-drivers. I had the same experience with 2.40-sources and the previous version of the madwifi drivers also.

SOLVED:
I had removed the local network.
A simple

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rc-update add net.lo default

solved it all.

[RSay]

Helmers,

I have had a similar problem when working with my wireless network. All of a sudden, the desktop just seems to go dead. I was starting to think this was a quickswitch problem. However, I already have net.lo in my rc-update and don't know how to fix this.

In addition, when I go to log back in after such a problem, the gnome login fails. I am using win4lin 2.6.0 kernel. I don't have this problem in win4lin 2.4.23.

btw I am using a broadcom wireless with the dreaded driverloader. I wish I could just leave my networking options alone but I work in several different buildings and I have wire in some places, wireless in others, fixed IP on some nets and dhcp on others.

I am starting to think that I might be better off to configure my network settins with kernel options from grub instead of trying to configure after gnome login.

Your post will at least stop me from installing KDE. I was hoping this was a gnome problem.

Ron