CORBA string_to_object on local

[Thomas Richter]

Hi folks,

here's a strange CORBA related problem on Java 1.4.2_03 on a Suse 9.1
machine (a 2.6.5 kernel). The machine has a static IP address in
a network, running also a CORBA server. As soon as I try to connect
to it with

orb.string_to_object("corbaloc:iiop:localhost:2809/VESessionMgr");

I get a COMM_FAILURE exception. If I run the same with

orb.string_to_object("corbaloc:iiop:127.0.0.1:2809/VESessionMgr");

it works flawlessy. A "ping localhost" gives exactly the IP address
as above (clearly) and /etc/hosts also contains this IP address.

Now, what's going on here? Just the JAVA ORB that's freaking out?

So long,
Thomas