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Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2002 04:48:13 +0200
From: Norbert Augenstein <norbert@augenstein.net>
To: Joseph <mystical@houston.rr.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Xauth automatically adds my dns server name
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>On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 20:48:01 -0500
>Joseph <mystical@houston.rr.com> wrote:

> Whenever i issue 'startx', the following messages appear:
> 
>                                                       /- remove
>                                                       command 
> xauth: bad display name "__insertDNSserverhere__"in -{ - list command
>                                                       \- add command
> 
> I've read up on xauth contents, and i've issued the 'xauth list'
> command. My DNS server appeared to be listed here, and so, i used
> "xauth remove ****" But upon loading startx again, i was given the
> same error prompt. Now, my Xwindows works perfectly, and so this isn't
> a life-death situation, but it'd be good if it wouldn't appear.
> 
> Thanx in advance people :o)
> 
> 
do you have set your hostname correct in /etc/rc.conf ?

auge

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