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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:50:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephane Russell <sstef@sprynet.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Questions about 2.2-ALPHA
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961225224953.281M-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32C021C8.41C67EA6@sprynet.com>

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On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Stephane Russell wrote:

> I've just finished to install FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA on my machine.
> Everything finally compiled fine, without errors.
> 
> The only problems I had yet are those one:
> 
> At boot time, the system writes
> 
>   writing to routing socket: Can't assign requested address
>   add host stef.prodige.qc.ca: gateway stef: Can't assign requested
> address

If you aren't attached to a network then you'll get these errors.  They're
harmless.

> Also, when I connect to my ip with pppd, then disconnect end reconnect
> again, I received these four messages
> 
> Dec 24 13:08:25 stef routed[55]: interface ppp0 to 199.174.166.87 turned
> off
> Dec 24 13:08:25 stef routed[55]: IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP ALLHOSTS: Can't
> assign requested address
> Dec 24 13:09:05 stef routed[55]: IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP ALLHOSTS: Address
> already in use
> Dec 24 13:09:05 stef routed[55]: setsockopt(IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP RIP):
> Address already in use
> 
> Since I'm not expert in networking, it may be me the problem. But I
> never had theses problems with 2.1.5-RELEASE.

Also related to your non-networking config.  Harmless.  You can quiet it
by removing routes from /etc/sysconfig.

> The other small problem I had is that the library libgnumalloc is now
> moved in /usr/lib/compat. Since X Window is using it, I had to make a
> symlink if this library in /usr/lib. Is the latest version of FreeBSD
> malloc as safe as gnumalloc? If yes, I'll recompile X Window with the
> gnumalloc option turned off.

Yes.  X 3.2 does not use this library.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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