Hello all,
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## Synopsis:
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I just installed FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE doing the prepackaged User+X11 option, I updated everything (minus the RELEASE Security updates) with portupgrade, and then I installed xfce4 (cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4 ; make install clean). When I run xfce4 with the startxfce4 command, it displays an error message (in X11, not on the terminal) that says, "
Could not look up internet address for iqast.hsd1.ga.comcast.net., This will prevent Xfce from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by adding iqast.hsd1.ga.comcast.net. to the file /etc/hosts on your system.
[ Continue anyway ] [Try again]
If I hit [Try again], it keeps repeating the message and when I hit [Continue Anyway], it ends up killing X11 sending me back to my terminal. X11 (X.org 6.8.2) is configured and works properly with the wonderful Twm window manager. The internet works, at least enough that I was running links in another virtual terminal searching for answers to my problem and that it was able to update the system downloading programs.
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## Additional Information:
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uname -a gives (note that I am typing it as I see it, so if there are a few space mistakes, please forgive (I cannot login to my email acct. via links))...
FreeBSD iqast.hsd1.ga.comcast.net. 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 04:19:18 UTC 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
I am running an Intel Pentium III 450 MHz // nvidia RIVA TNT w/ 8MB RAM. I go through Comcast for high speed internet and the line of sight from Comcast to me is,
Comcast --> Cable Modem --> Netgear Wifi Router --> Computer. During installation, it asked me if I wanted to configure my network settings, so I did. It asked for the computer name so I typed in iqast and it filled in the rest automatically (including the odd . after the net, i.e. iqast.hsd1.ga.comcast.net. ).
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## What I have done.
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I took the error messages advice and started playing with /etc/hosts on one virtual terminal (making changes as root) whilst seeing if the changes would work on another one (I would run startxfce4 as my normal user account, not my root account). I have tried a plethora of configurations and they will either produce the same result or bypass the error and just kill X11 in place of the error.
This is my first time using/installing FreeBSD, so I am definitely in the newbie bunch. I searched Google, the FreeBSD FAQ, Documentation (where I did find some info on /etc/hosts, but not enough to help me fix my problem), Xfce.org, and the mailing list archives. If I have missed something, I do apologize. If this message is meant for a different mailing list, I do apologize for that as well; if this is the case, could you point me in the direction I am to ask? Anyways, thank you for your assistance in this matter and for reading this overlong email. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Anthony Agelastos
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