From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 13 16:49:49 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id QAA17051 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:49:49 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id QAA17046 for ; Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:49:45 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA09372 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 14 Oct 1995 03:47:22 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 14 Oct 95 03:47:21 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by ache.dialup.demos.ru (8.6.11/8.6.9) id CAA00865; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 02:46:24 +0300 To: "Stephen F. Combs" , davidg@Root.COM Cc: hackers@freebsd.org References: <199510130729.AAA00690@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: <199510130729.AAA00690@corbin.Root.COM>; from David Greenman at Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:29:13 -0700 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 02:46:23 +0300 (MSK) X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.40 FreeBSD] From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: Problems with remote Netscape2.0.. Lines: 29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1144 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk In message <199510130729.AAA00690@corbin.Root.COM> David Greenman writes: >>I've seen the same thing, and not yet been able to figure it out. It's not >>just with FreeBSD, I've seen it on my Sparc at work while trying to display >>on my FBSD box at home! >... >>> I can succesfully start X-programs logging to main host such as >>> xeys, xftp, etc, but when I start netscape it says that: >>> Can't open display: :0.0 >>> Does anybody have experience on this thing? > It hasn't ever worked. The only work-around is to specify the IP address of >the server - e.g.: >setenv DISPLAY 198.76.54.32:0.0 > There appears to be an incompatiblity in the resolver that causes it to >fail to translate the hostname. It isn't work for me too! All pgms expect netscape running fine with ether variant. I run -current on both machines. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849