[arch-general] Can't Connect to localhost/127.0.0.1 until I'm connected to a network

[Aaron Griffin]

On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Thomas Bohn <thomas at bohnomat.de> wrote:
> ---snip---
>  % ncmpcpp
> Cannot connect to mpd: host "localhost" not found: Temporary failure in name
> resolution
> % ncmpcpp
> Cannot connect to mpd: host "127.0.0.1" not found: Address family for
> hostname not supported
> ---snip---

This seems off to me... did you change anything in /etc/nsswitch.conf?
Look for the line:
hosts: files dns

Also, Geir may be on to something regarding ipv6