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Post Installation Tweaks

A few things you might need to do after completing the installation:

  • Configure the network card as a DHCP client, by adding the line:
        ifconfig_ep0="DHCP"
    
    to /etc/rc.conf.
  • Ensure host name is sent to the DNS server, by adding the line:
        send host-name "maroon";
    
    to the /etc/dhclient.conf file.
  • Modify the .cshrc file to place the host and current directory in he terminal title bar, set a reasonable prompt, and automatically set the X server if logging in remotely:
       set echo_style = both
       if ($TERM == "xterm" || $TERM == "rxvt" || $TERM == "cygwin") then
           alias postcmd 'echo -n "\033]2;${USER}@${HOST}:$cwd\007"'
       endif
       set prompt = "[%n@%m:%~] "
       if ($?REMOTEHOST) then
           setenv DISPLAY ${REMOTEHOST}:0.0
       endif
    
  • Ensure that your hostname is placed in the /etc/hosts file, against 127.0.0.1, otherwise you might find that xauth complains about the hostname when starting and shutting down X
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