From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 12 03:10:15 2003 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 81EC237B401 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 03:10:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailhub2.uq.edu.au (mailhub2.uq.edu.au [130.102.5.59]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4784E43F75 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 03:10:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from s4021760@student.uq.edu.au) Received: from smtp2.uq.edu.au (smtp2.uq.edu.au [130.102.5.53]) by mailhub2.uq.edu.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7CAACYG020065 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:10:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from localhost (trinity.cc.uq.edu.au [130.102.5.4]) by smtp2.uq.edu.au (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7CAAC4D020058 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:10:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from 192.168.87.129 ( [192.168.87.129]) as user s4021760@imap.uq.edu.au by my.uq.edu.au with HTTP; Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:10:11 +1000 Message-ID: <1060683011.3f38bd03e1d79@my.uq.edu.au> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 20:10:11 +1000 From: s4021760@student.uq.edu.au To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 X-Originating-IP: 192.168.87.129 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.35 on UQ Mailhub Subject: Problem with /etc/hosts on =?iso-8859-1?q?_FreeBSD_5=2E1=85=2E=3F=3F=3F?= 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, 12 Aug 2003 10:10:15 -0000 Hi, I just loaded freeBSD 5.1 and ran into some trouble....I have edited the /etc/hosts file to show the required name....but when I boot up the system hangs and gives the message "...My unspecified name is BLAA......Sleeping for retry" It comes out of this loop if I hit ^C. I have shutoff the name server thinking that it may be trying to assign a new IP to the system. Also ifconfig is showing the required setting to be correct for the interface. What am I doing wrong....I am using a 3COM n/w card. I would be grateful for any help. Thanks Abhay