From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 24 11: 2: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED0EC37B88E for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:02:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0416.cvx20-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.251.161]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA15620; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:01:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA03473; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:00:03 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Chris McNett Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Incoming requests not working Message-ID: <20000624110003.C2881@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <20000624161754.9781.qmail@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000624161754.9781.qmail@hotmail.com>; from chrismcnett@hotmail.com on Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 04:17:54PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 04:17:54PM +0000, Chris McNett wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT box with some problems. There is no longer a 4.0-CURRENT. Is this 4.0-RELEASE, 4.0-STABLE, 5.0-CURRENT, or an ancient snapshot from when there was a 4.0-CURRENT. > (a) I recompiled the kernel to add support for natd, but now I can't access > the machine's IP address (209.183.76.22) via http, ftp, telnet, ping, etc. > from the LAN or from the box itself. However, I can access it from the box > itself by telnet localhost or ftp localhost or lynx http://localhost/ or the > like. I commented everything out in /etc/hosts.allow except ALL : ALL : > allow. Let's see your ipfw(8) rules (/etc/rc.firewall or `ipfw show`) and your natd(8) configuration (from /etc/rc.conf and a natd.conf file if used). > (b) I accidentally copied the files in /compat/linux/lib to /usr/X11R6/lib, > /usr/local/lib, and /usr/lib. Now X will not load any window manager (but I > can issue commands with Alt+F2). I've tried both kvm and fvwm. Also, emacs > goes berzerk on exit. In one telnet session (before I recompiled the > kernel), emacs ran okay, but after I exited, FreeBSD didn't echo any of the > letters I typed at the prompt. I reinstalled the bin distribution, the > XFree86 distributions, and emacs, but it still doesn't work. Try `ldd /usr/local/bin/emacs` and verify that all of the libraries listed have been replaced by the correct ones (or were not clobbered in the first place). > (c) When I use pine to try to send mail, the following error message pops > up at the bottom of the screen: > [Mail not sent: ...Unable to check MX records for > recipient host hostname.com] I believe that is telling you your DNS is not working. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message