Date: 04 Apr 2003 19:54:16 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: climbzen@iximd.com Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: gnome problems Message-ID: <1049504055.31845.2.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <3E8DDF7E.24710.103D1774@localhost> References: <3E8DDF7E.24710.103D1774@localhost>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 22:39, climbzen@iximd.com wrote: > hey there, > just installed freebsd for the first time, when i try to use gnome i > get several errors while it loads, the first one says " could not look > up internet address for . this will prevent GNOME from operating > correctly. it may be possible to correct the problem by adding to the > file /etc/host." and it give me options to try again or continue. if i do > try again i get the same window, if i hit continue ti continues to load > gnome, then i get a error that says " application "deskguide_applet" > (process 1142) has crashed due to fatal error. (secmentation fault)" > it also has a link for the gnome application crash page but i doesn't > do anything (this box is not online yet) and the only option i have is > to close the window. then i get the same error for > "tasklist_applet"(process 1099) and for "panel" process 1023). then > if looks to load the gnome desktop fine other then all my icons are > all fuzzy and crappy looking. then if i try and run anything things > really get weird with those same errors popping up over and over. > any ideas on what i did wrong this is my second install and got the > same thing both times. Have you tried adding an entry to /etc/hosts for your hostname? If you don't have a static IP address, something like: 127.0.0.1 localhost.mydomain.com localhost myhostname myhostname.mydomain.com Will do. I'm not sure what you mean regarding the icons. Can you send a screenshot? Also, have you updated to the latest version of GNOME? Joe > peace > jeff > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA+jik3b2iPiv4Uz4cRAvozAJ9gha5Xgr6dCoqs/Fq8cYldJEvT0gCcD6e9 jSxC0M9XcN5HadS2A59aHFg= =UUtT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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