Hi all!

I recently installed knoppix 3.9 on my girl friend`s laptop (debian like installation) and found the following
problem.

KDE starts really slow if the pcmcia network card is connected to our router.

After some investigation I found out the loopback device is not started.

Starting it by invoking

ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1

makes KDE work again.

As I am not used to debian I am not sure where I have to look to get the loopback device working
automatically.

It works well if the pcmcia card is not connected on startup.

Any help is appreciated.

Stephan