From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 15 21:51:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 ED7EB16A433 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:51:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net (rwcrmhc13.comcast.net [216.148.227.153]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9048D43D90 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:51:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ken@allenmyland.com) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([68.80.195.248]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <20060315215114m13005o3qje>; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:51:18 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3FB6B84A; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:51:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from bserver.transpack.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (bserver.transpack.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 94519-09; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:51:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.214.102] (kbuilt.transpack.com [192.168.214.102]) by bserver.transpack.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E749FB843; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:51:08 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <44188C4C.60103@allenmyland.com> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:51:08 -0500 From: Ken Stevenson User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eoghan References: <4418442D.3090807@redry.net> <44187E8D.3070104@allenmyland.com> <4418804D.5010803@redry.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20060315151215.02816b58@mail.computinginnovations.com> <441886F0.9000602@redry.net> <4418880F.4030001@allenmyland.com> <44188949.2060402@redry.net> In-Reply-To: <44188949.2060402@redry.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at transpack.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hosts file X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:51:59 -0000 eoghan wrote: > Ken Stevenson wrote: >> eoghan wrote: >>> Derek Ragona wrote: >>> > Try manually adding the address, or uncomment that line and reboot. >>> > >>> > -Derek >>> > >>> >>> Thanks, tried it and still no luck. Cant ping either localhost or >>> 127.0.0.1. Perhaps i should post some details from my boot record, >>> cos I do notice after the dhcp, there are network unreachable >>> messages, but i cannot find where this boot log is stored... >>> On a side not, these problems started when i began to use gnome >>> (2.12.13). Maybe unrelated but i never had these problems using kde, >>> and the boot message of network unreachable seem to have happened at >>> this time too. >> >> Your NIC is not configured correctly. >> >> Can you post the the output of the ifconfig command. Also, there >> should be a line in rc.conf that begins with ifconfig_... Post that >> line also. >> > > Here is the complete output of ifconfig: > > nathaniel# ifconfig > fwe0: > flags=108943 > mtu 1500 > options=8 > inet6 fe80::11:6ff:fe99:d9eb%fwe0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 > ether 02:11:06:99:d9:eb > ch 1 dma 0 > xl0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 > options=9 > inet6 fe80::2b0:d0ff:fee7:e97d%xl0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2 > inet 192.168.1.34 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 > ether 00:b0:d0:e7:e9:7d > media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX ) > status: active > plip0: flags=108810 mtu 1500 > lo0: flags=8008 mtu 16384 > nathaniel# > > and here is my full rc.conf: > > > # -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Fri Sep 30 17:48:53 2005 > # Created: Fri Sep 30 17:48:53 2005 > # Enable network daemons for user convenience. > # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > hostname="nathaniel" > ifconfig_xl0="dhcp" > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > ipv6_enable="YES" > linux_enable="YES" > tomcat55_enable="YES" > moused_enable="YES" > moused_type="auto" > #moused_flags="-z 4" > sshd_enable="YES" > usbd_enable="YES" > inetd_enable="YES" > sendmail_enable="NONE" > # This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > # Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > > # Enable network daemons for user convenience. > # Created: Sun Oct 16 15:29:40 2005 > network_interfaces=xl0 > I don't have a line in my rc.conf for "ifconfig_lo0" and I don't have a line for "network_interfaces=..." Are you sure you need them? Try commenting out those two lines then restarting the network or rebooting. -- Ken Stevenson Allen-Myland Inc.