Bug 96938 – Apache 2 won't restart in vserver environment due to the non-existing loopback device

• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Werner Schalk 2005-06-24 04:26:20 UTC]

I am using vserver on my Gentoo box and inside a vserver 
I can't restart Apache 2 because it tries to bring up lo which 
apparently doesn't exist: 
 
# /etc/init.d/apache2 start 
 * Starting lo 
 *   Bringing up lo ...                                                                                         
[ !! ] 
 * ERROR:  Problem starting needed services. 
 *         "apache2" was not started. 
 
So I can't restart the Apache inside my vserver. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. In a vserver environment, restart Apache 
2. 
3. 
 
Actual Results:  
Apache did not start 

Expected Results:  
Apache should start as normal

[Comment 1 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2005-06-24 16:00:43 UTC]

do you have a patched baselayout inside your vserver? 

[Comment 2 Werner Schalk 2005-06-26 02:40:17 UTC]

I do have the vserver-enabled baselayout. Interstingly Apache 2 restarts 
fine in 18 of my 20 vservers although I use the same script to create 
all of them (and it was fine so far). The problem is that the Apache 2 
start script has the "need net" option set and therefore he tries to disable 
and enable the loopback device which then fails. Any ideas? 

[Comment 3 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2005-06-26 02:54:36 UTC]

which version of baselayout do you have installed? and could you attach your 
net.lo? 

[Comment 4 Benedikt Böhm (RETIRED) 2005-07-11 22:44:38 UTC]

please reopen with more info