From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 04:13:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458BE16A420 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:13:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from smtpout.eastlink.ca (smtpout.eastlink.ca [24.222.0.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC06B43D46 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:13:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from duane@greenmeadow.ca) Received: from ip04.eastlink.ca ([24.222.10.20]) by mta01.eastlink.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.03 (built Sep 22 2005)) with ESMTP id <0IV40026WH0L2K40@mta01.eastlink.ca> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:12:21 -0400 (AST) Received: from blk-224-199-230.eastlink.ca (HELO [192.168.0.103]) ([24.224.199.230]) by ip04.eastlink.ca with ESMTP; Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:13:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:13:01 -0400 From: Duane Whitty In-reply-to: <20060222130713.01ef8d63.rob@roblytle.org> To: FreeBSD Questions Message-id: <43FD364D.6040208@greenmeadow.ca> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAA+k= References: <20060222101759.66d3e0e3.rob@roblytle.org> <20060222182720.GA45869@flame.pc> <20060222130713.01ef8d63.rob@roblytle.org> User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060205) Subject: Re: problem regarding setting DISPLAY env variable and hostname X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:13:22 -0000 Rob wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:27:20 +0200 > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >> On 2006-02-22 10:17, Rob wrote: >>> I have been trying to figure out how to set the display name on my >>> computer. I have a program used with Xorg that gives me the error >>> message: >>> >>> _X11TransSocketINETConnect() can't get address for xenon:6000: hostname nor servname provided, or not known >>> Error: Can't open display: xenon:0.0 >>> >>> also when starting or stopping Xorg I either get: >>> >>> bad display name "xenon:0" in "remove" command or >>> bad display name "xenon:0 in "list" command >> Your laptop can't resolve the name "xenon". >> >>> I have my XDISPLAY env variable set using (in Bash): >>> >>> DISPLAY=xenon:0.0 export DISPLAY >>> >>> xenon is the name of the machine >>> >>> I think part of the problem is the setting of the hostname. This laptop >>> runs off of DHCP and I am not really sure about what I should do for >>> setting the hostname. The manual says to set HOSTNAME="" in rc.conf if >>> using DHCP, but then I get the amnesiac message upon boot. Sendmail >>> doesn't like that either and hangs during the boot process. So I just >>> set it arbitrarily to "xenon" >> Note that the capitalization of rc.conf variables is *significant*. The >> real rc.conf variable that you have to set to avoid the "Amnesiac" name is: >> >> hostname="xenon" >> >>> I have read manual pages, searched the archives, but I am really confused >>> about all of this. Thank you for any help. >> All this can be resolved by using `/etc/hosts'. Just add your hostname >> there and point it to the 127.0.0.1 address. Then all programs should be >> able to resolve it. >> >> >> > Thanks Giorgios, > > I think that I have the hostname problem resolved. rc.conf has hostname="xenon" and > /etc/hosts has: 127.0.0.1 localhost xenon > > So now Xorg does not give errors on startup or shutdown like the >>> bad display name "xenon:0" in "remove" command or >>> bad display name "xenon:0 in "list" command > > But when not setting the DISPLAY variable explicitely anywhere I still get the error: > "out of display lists" upon starting the program I want from xterm > > But then setting DISPLAY=xenon:0.0 export DISPLAY and then executing the program then gives the error: > > "Can't open display: xenon:0.0" so I guess I am back to square one. > > Maybe I should call it a day and rest, haha. > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > > Hi, Sorry if you get this twice Rob as I mistakenly sent my reply only to you without including the list I had the same problem. Add this line to your .xinitrc file xdpyinfo -display :0.0 The hostname is not specified. --Duane