Localhost no longer goes to local server

[Jacroe]

When I type in http://localhost/ I get the Page Cannot Be Found error. However, when I type in my computer name, which in this case would be http://jacob-laptop/, I get my server. How could I get localhost to reach it again?

[new_tolinux]

Did you change anything in your Apache settings, or in your firewall settings?

Probably http://jacob-laptop/ points to your internal IP-address, where localhost should point at 127.0.0.1

You can also examine the contents of your /etc/hosts file.

[Iowan]

...where localhost should point at 127.0.0.1

You can also examine the contents of your /etc/hosts file.

+1
127.0.0.1 frequently gets edited to hostname. I prefer to leave localhost as 127.0.0.1 and "alias" hostnames via 127.0.1.1.