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From: "K. Rawlings" <rawlink@jlsc.wpafb.af.mil>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: TCP setup and trash on screen
Date: 25 Sep 1996 17:22:20 GMT
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These two problems are probably related.

1.  I have a system running freebsd w/ an etherexpress16 card in it.  The
system recognizes the card when it probes it during bootup, but two things
happen that I haven't been able to find any information on.  Right after
the system finishes probing I get the error "ixintr without being
inited!!".  after that as the system is booting I get this text randomly
displayed on the screen: 
"ix.cx.excesscollix.cx.heartbeatix.cx.excesscollix.cx.excesscollix" etc... 
Any help as to what this means would be greatly appreciated.

2.  If I have an I.P of a.a.a.a, a default gateway of b.b.b.b, a primary
DNS of c.c.c.c, and a secondary DNS of d.d.d.d, where do I put these and
what else would I need to configure besides the netcard and an internet
connection to get this system up and running on the internet.  e.g. an ftp
session.

I'm very knowledgable about tcpip on microsoft platforms and how to set up
a Microsoft networking domain (NT, Win95, WFW machines; I know, I know,
Microsoft is a dirty word on this group), but unix seems to be getting the
best of me on certain things. I didn't have any problem compiling the
kernel or setting up accounts but I really need help with this.  I'm also
having problems getting Xfree86 to work.  The xf86config setup went fine,
but when I execute startx, i get the message "xinit: not found".  I have
"/usr/X11R6/bin" in my path statement in my .profile and I'm exporting the
path in .profile.

Thanks in advance,
K. Rawlings
rawlink@jlsc.wpafb.af.mil