Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 21:44:27 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: john@zyqad.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Questions following new 2.1.0R installation Message-ID: <199607192144.VAA11267@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9607191635.AA31359@zyqad.co.uk> (message from John Richards on Fri, 19 Jul 96 17:34:59 %2B0100)
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>>>>> John Richards <john@zyqad.co.uk> writes: > > 1. When I boot I get as far as the bit that says it is starting 'sendmail' and > then it sticks. I have set up sysconfig to not start sendmail yet this still > happens. What gives? I get past this point by hitting Cntl-C. Probably waiting for a nameserver query to time out. > 2. Probably related to 1. When I log in through xdm it pauses for a long time > before letting me in. Ditto when I start emacs, netscape. I think this must be > because it is trying to check with something like a nameserver? Yep! Edit your /etc/host.conf to read hosts bind (in that order) and put entries for localhost and your hostname in /etc/hosts. While you're in /etc, comment out the route_multicast and route_loopback lines, which will fix the first problem > 3. I'm trying to get my USR 28.8 external modem working. I've read the > handbook and the FAQ but my problem is that when I do a 'tip modem' t says that > /dev/cuaa1 is locked. Yet I can do a 'cu -l /dev/cuaa1 -s 57600' and get > connected to the serial port. Having got connected to the serial port I get no > feedback from the modem. I type 'AT<Return>'; I see nothing on the screen no AT > no OK nothing. Yet I do know that the modem receives what I send 'cos > ATDT9549666 dials my service provider who responds and accepts a login - well > I'm assuming the last 'cos I can't see what's happening. Where have I gone > wrong?? My settings are IRQ3 and 0x2f8 for the com port and even DOS agrees. I don't know anything about tip and cu - there's some useful-looking in the FAQ though (file://localhost/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html). > 4. If I set up user PPP, or the other one (kernel?) will I still need a dialer > program? Nope, user PPP (aka iijppp) has a built-in dialler and kernel PPP (aka pppd) meshes nicely with chat(8). > That will do for now as until I get past these I can't get any further wit hwhat > I want to do. I'm not certain that 3 shouldn't be addressed to the hardware > list. No, this is probably the right place. The hardware list is more for questions like "What motherboard works best with FreeBSD?". > Thanks to Jordan and the team for all the work. Keep it up some of us really > appreciate it. You're welcome! -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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