ping `hostname` - problem

[darthSam]

Hello guys,

I am having a problem starting my window manager, gnome or KDE. startx takes hours to bring up and once up they are so slow they are unusable.

The FreeBSD FAQ says, this is as a result of an incorrect hostname setting in /etc/hosts. http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20

But setting up my hostname as the document has recommended, I am still getting the same problem.

# ping `hostname`
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
...

   or

# ping 127.0.0.1
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
...

My current configurations is as follows (after making the changes):

/etc/hosts (note: the line, '::1...' was there and I left it as it was):

::1 localhost localhost.my.domain
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain duffy duffy.toons

/etc/rc.conf:

hostname=duffy.toons
network_interfaces=vge0
ifconfig_vge0=dhcp

Also, I read somewhere this could be a problem with the firewall setup, but checking for IP forewarding indicate that I don't have that:

# ipfw list
ipfw: getsockop(IP_FW_GET): Protocal not available

Anyone have an idea on what I am doing wrong with my local host setup? Also, I have no problem accessing outside sites as follows or though a website:

ping www.yahoo.com

Any help would be greatly appreciate it.

Thank you
sam