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LinkinPark
Voice
Posts: 7 Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:03 am
Location: Cambodia
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by LinkinPark » Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:38 am
[LP@shell]$ ./eggdrop -m eggdrop.conf
Eggdrop v1.6.21 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2011 Eggheads
[09:34:16] --- Loading eggdrop v1.6.21 (Wed Dec 7 2011)
[09:34:16] * Hostname self-lookup failed. Please set 'my-ip' in the config file.
Thanks
nml375
Revered One
Posts: 2860 Joined: Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:09 pm
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by nml375 » Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:58 am
As the error suggests, your eggdrop is unable to figure which host IP to use for outgoing connections as well as listening sockets. The solution is to properly set the "my-ip" setting in your config-file as suggested.
NML_375