Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:16:54 -0600 (CST) From: burningclown@westhost43.westhost.net Cc: Glenn Becker <chexmix@burningclown.com>, <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ignorant networking Qs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0202110909510.14510-100000@westhost43.westhost.net> In-Reply-To: <20020211141647.4735D5D0C@ptavv.es.net>
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<snip> > Are you configured for IPv6 (0? If you are configed for IPv6 (options > INET6) but only connected to an IPv4 router, and the site you are > trying to reach has an AAAA record in DNS, there was a problem of the > system falling over to the lo0 interface (Oops!). > > There is a fix...but I don't seem to be able to find it. > > If you think this is the problem, I'll search my archive and see if I > can find it. > got it fixed ,,, it was simply a weird entry in /etc/hosts my main worry now is the weird stuff i'm getting from bootup re: my linux 'slices' ... i attribute this to the fact that i stupidly deleted my swap partition from the FreeBSD side (because it looked bizarre ...:()) and then had to recreate it. Now the linux partitions, which FreeBSD lists as ad0s1 and ad0s2 (/ and swap) are apparently 'all wrong' from FreeBSD's POV. I tried reinstalling FreeBSD - no help. I may try reinstalling Slacwkware tonight, but am concerned lest this will require YET ANOTHER reinstall of FreeBSD! ... i'm weary of reinstalling and so is the laptop ... :) g +----------------+ http://www.burningclown.com "Everyone's Portal to Nothing At All" +----------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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