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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: TCP setup and trash on screen
Date: 1 Oct 1996 17:02:44 GMT
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In article <01bbab06$6abf5c60$9716abc7@pc60029.jlsc.wpafb.af.mil>,
"K. Rawlings" <rawlink@jlsc.wpafb.af.mil> writes:
> 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.
Sorry - I don't know much about the ix driver. What version of FreeBSD
are you running ?
> 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.
Your IP number goes in /etc/hosts:
a.a.a.a mymachine.mydomain
and also in /etc/sysconfig
hostname=mymachine.mydomain
and if you're 'net-connected w/ device "ix" (as above) and a class C domain,
in /etc/sysconfig:
network_ineterfaces=".... ix0"
ifconfig_ix0="inet a.a.a.a netmask 0xffffff00"
Your gateway goes in /etc/hosts:
defaultrouter=b.b.b.b
Your DNS's both go on the same line in /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver c.c.c.c d.d.d.d
> 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.
If you're using "bash" or "sh" as a shell, you should be able to say
"type xinit" to see that xinit is in your path.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....