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Date:      Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:07:26 -0400
From:      mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com>
To:        chip.wiegand@simrad.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: hostname problem, apparently only in X
Message-ID:  <20020423190725.A18779@rochester.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <OF7C7274E2.FC4E4420-ON88256BA4.007D466B-88256BA4.007DD618@simrad.no>; from chip.wiegand@simrad.com on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:53:54PM -0700
References:  <OF7C7274E2.FC4E4420-ON88256BA4.007D466B-88256BA4.007DD618@simrad.no>

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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:53:54PM -0700, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote:
> I seem to be seeing some new errors I haven't seen in other installs. This 
> time its in a
> term window in X. When I try to run cvsup cvsupfile I get the following 
> message -
> 
> Cannot get IP address of my own host - - is it's host name correct?
> 
> I don't get this when I run from the console, only when in X. Maybe this 
> is related to a
> problem with X itself? When I shutdown X the messages on the console show 
> -
> 
> waiting for xserver to shut down
> xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "cwiegand2:0" in "remove" command
> 
> when I enter hostname at the console I get 
> cwiegand2
> 
> Any idea what I should do about this?

Is that the *real* hostname (i.e. is cwiegand2 returned when you
do an nslookup on your IP?) or just some name you gave it?

> 
> --
> Chip Wiegand

mike
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