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From: jbarrm@panix.com (Barry Masterson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: /kernel: "rtinit: wrong ifa ...." ????
Date: 7 Jun 1996 07:14:12 -0400
Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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Vladimir Roubtsov (roubtsov) wrote:
: Hi:
: 	A question to knowledgeable folks: what can a message

: /kernel: rtinit: wrong (or bad) ifa: <some hex #> was <different hex #>
: ( or close to this )
[...]
: 	It is possible that both times I was running X312_SVGA server 
:and running
: user-land ppp on COM2. The X server might've been in 16bpp mode in 
:which case
[...]
: Vlad.

The 'rtinit' & 'ifa' messages are most likely from the ppp program.
I had these messages, and the fix was in the /etc/sysconfig & /etc/hosts
files. Basically, you have to check the 'hostname' value, and your
ip address, and make sure it is entered correctly.

Is your ip address static or dynamic? If dynamic, then there may not
be much you can do about it.  If its a static address you have, then
the fix is a simple one.

Barry Masterson
jbarrm@panix.com

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