how to boot & startx without internet connection?

[Ivan Uemlianin]

Dear Both

Thanks for your help. Both comments identify something amiss in my /etc/hosts. I'll fix and report back when poss.

Best wishes

Ivan


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On 12 Apr 2013, at 12:52, Charles Rapenne <charles.rapenne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Does dfly.llaisdy.com point to 127.0.0.1 in your /etc/hosts ?
> Usually it is recommended to put the machine name to 127.0.0.1 in the
> hosts file.
> 
> Regards
> 
> 2013/4/12 Ivan Uemlianin <ivan at llaisdy.com>:
>> Dear All
>> 
>> I have recently installed dragonflybsd.  Configs and installations seem to
>> be going well, apart from two strange behaviours, possibly linked. If I'm
>> connected to the internet everything is fine but, if I'm not:
>> 
>> (a) during boot, the machine stops at
>> 
>>    Starting sshd
>> 
>> I leave it for 5 minutes, but no progress.  If I ctrl-c, it finishes the
>> rest of the boot (presumably abandoning start sshd).
>> 
>> (b) Starting X without an internet connection is very slow, but does
>> eventually get through.  e.g.:
>> 
>>> startx
>> 
>>    xauth: file /home/ivan/.serverauth.812 does not exist
>>    ... wait 2 mins ...
>> 
>>    xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "dfly.llaisdy.com.2" in "list" command
>>    ... wait 1 min ...
>> 
>>    - into X!
>> 
>> Please could someone explain why these things happen, and how I can make the
>> computer easier to use when I don't have an internet connection.
>> 
>> With thanks and best wishes
>> 
>> Ivan
>> 
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