From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 15:28:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE9016A4CE for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:28:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se (pernis.its.UU.SE [130.238.4.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 351CF43D31 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:28:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ante@Update.UU.SE) Received: by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix, from userid 205) id 27DB52AD; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:02 +0100 (MEZ) Received: from pernis.its.uu.se(127.0.0.1) by pernis.its.uu.se via virus-scan id s332; Tue, 16 Nov 04 16:28:01 +0100 Received: from Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE [130.238.19.25]) by pernis.its.uu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8201029A; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:01 +0100 (MEZ) Received: by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix, from userid 30086) id 7C53438012; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:01 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Psilocybe.Update.UU.SE (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF4F5C002; Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 16:28:01 +0100 (CET) From: Andreas Davour To: Subhro In-Reply-To: <419a1982.0f8137e8.4913.0025@smtp.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <419a1982.0f8137e8.4913.0025@smtp.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Mysterious freeze while booting X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:28:04 -0000 On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Subhro wrote: > When booting the console displays the usual messages like below: > > 1> Starting local daemons:. > 2> Updating motd. > 3> Configuring syscons: keymap blanktime. > > What is strange is that after line 3 the computer suddenly stops for a > long time, almost a minute, doing (as far as I know) nothing! > > Add your system hostname to /etc/hosts. Alternatively ensure that DNS > resolves properly on your box. If you just want to skip the whole thing, > then press Ctrl+C when the box hangs up.... or seems to hang up. I have added my hostname, and it didn't change anything. Maybe my DNS name is something else than what I think. I'll look into it. Why would adding the hostname work? What is it that's fooling around with my hostname at this point in the boot process? /andreas -- George W. Bush won, so now the world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed. Congratulation USA! I'm happy I'm not a part of it. My conscience is clean. Is yours?