Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 18:05:32 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Karen Chapdelaine <kchapdelaine@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Startup message in GNOME Message-ID: <1123365932.852.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20050806145150.03285d98@mail.comcast.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 15:18 -0700, Karen Chapdelaine wrote: > About a month ago Piero wrote: > > >Hi, > > >W lis'cie otrzymanym Sat, 14 Jun 2003 13:18:21 -0400 od "Paul Calabrese" > ><pcalabrese at adelphia.net> : > > >> I'm running FreeBSD Release 4.4. and trying to get GNOME working. When > >> I start GNOME with xinit command I get the following start up message: > > (following part restored from previous message) > >>Could not look up internet address for PRC.buf.adelphia.net. This will > >>prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the > >>problem by adding PRC.buf.adelphia.net to the file /etc/hosts. > > >You should probably upgrade to at least 4.6, see quote from > >http://www.freebsd.org/gnome: > > >State of the port > >We currently support 4.x and 5-CURRENT FreeBSD systems for GNOME 1.4 and > >2.2. Anything prior to FreeBSD 4.6 is not supported. > > >--- > >Piero > >piero at poprostu.pl > > The answer is: No. > > I am running FreeBSD Release 5.4, new install, and get the same > message (obviously with a different host name, etc...) when I try to run > gnome. Actually, when I try to run it from .xinitrc using startx, nothing > happens (gnomewise, that is), period. When I get into X, I can run > "exec gnome-session" or "exec gnome-session &" in a window, and > I get gnome, but I also get the error message. > > Most notably, I get my ip from my ISP using dhcp, and am on an internal > network with bogus ips provided from my router (eg. 192.168.1.100, etc...). > Yes, I put the computer name in the etc/hosts file. But I am pretty sure the > fact that I am using DHCP and a bogus IP has something to do with > my problem. > > And I think I just disabled my network interface on FreeBSD by accident by > trying to run the networking setup interface in Gnome. That should take a > few to fix, but I don't think I need help with that. I am a little > inexperienced > with xwindows, but quite experienced with FreeBSD. > > But I do need help trying to figure out how to fix the error message in gnome, > and it isn't a problem with being up to date. I promise. I would prefer > a solution that didn't involve disabling FAM in gnome-vfs, for example. You need to add your hostname (as obtained via the hostname(1) command) to /etc/hosts. If your IP address changes, then it's best to add a entry that points this hostname to 127.0.0.1. You don't necessarily have to disable FAM, but you should thoroughly read the FAQ surrounding this issue at http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20. Joe -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC9TQrb2iPiv4Uz4cRAo9zAJ9Ol8UjWF7rMQs1IyCRh0W4ZQ6f4gCdGhtm DHVsHeizKnpSIH9YNI1QZho= =z7Ba -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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