Null Pointer Exception in hadoop

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Hello, I am trying to setup a multi node cluster of hadoop using two systems. Whenever I tried to format the hdfs there will be NullPointerException occurs. I am not happy to see this code again and again. If any one have solution of this then please reply

hadoop@psycho-O:~/project/hadoop-0.20.2$ bin/start-dfs.sh
starting namenode, logging to /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/../logs/hadoop-hadoop-namenode-psycho-O.out
slave: bash: line 0: cd: /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/..: No such file or directory
slave: bash: /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/hadoop-daemon.sh: No such file or directory
master: starting datanode, logging to /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/../logs/hadoop-hadoop-datanode-psycho-O.out
master: starting secondarynamenode, logging to /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-0.20.2/bin/../logs/hadoop-hadoop-secondarynamenode-psycho-O.out
master: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.net.NetUtils.createSocketAddr(NetUtils.java:134)
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.getAddress(NameNode.java:156)
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.NameNode.getAddress(NameNode.java:160)
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.initialize(SecondaryNameNode.java:131)
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.<init>(SecondaryNameNode.java:115)
master:     at org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode.main(SecondaryNameNode.java:469)
hadoop@psycho-O:~/project/hadoop-0.20.2$

Please provide the solution of this problem with proper explanation.