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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 2003 14:27:43 -0600
From:      "Curtis, Brian A.--ORISE" <Brian.Curtis@hood.army.mil>
To:        "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Problem with FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE after installation
Message-ID:  <3C9B352BE2F80A4BABCB16C5BC253D7802225DB3@n3cdoimmail20m.hood.army.mil>

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I've attempted to install FreeBSD 4.7 on an a new HP computer (734n) with an
AMD Athlon XP 2400.  In doing so, I ran across a few problems.  They are
detailed below:
 
FYI: I installed using the "ALL" option.
 
1. On execution of "startx":
 
Error Message: "Could not lookup internet address for . This will prevent
GNOME from operating correctly.  It may be possible to correct the problem
by adding to the file /etc/hosts."
 
Note: I do not have the computer in question setup on a network.
 


2. Once GNOME is running:
 
Error Message: "Nautilus can't be used now, due to an unexpected error."
 
Under details: "Nautilus can't be used now, due to an unexpected error from
OAF when attempting to locate the factory.  Killing oafd and restarting
Nautilus may help fix the problem."
 
Note:  I killed the "oafd" process, restarted Nautilus and the same error
was produced.
 
 
3.  Sound card not detected: VT8233 (also not detected under Red Hat 8.0)
 
I tried adding [ snd_via8233="YES" ] to /boot/loader.conf as suggested in a
FAQ.  That did not fix the problem.
 
The older versions of the VT8233 are supported on Linux.  Don't know about
FreeBSD.
 
 
4.  Is there a graphical login option available for FreeBSD?  Also, how can
I set up FreeBSD to load GNOME at start/login?
 
 
 
"uname -a" output:
 
FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Wed Oct 9 15:08:34 GMT 2002
root@builder.freebsdmall.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
 
 
 
Thanks a bunch for this great OS.
 
 
Brian

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