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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:48:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
To:        Jesse Marquez <jmarquez@telenetwork.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: startx xauth errors
Message-ID:  <20041013174811.B52781@carver.gumbysoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041012125132.649777a8.jmarquez@telenetwork.com>
References:  <E1CHMNG-0007J3-00@tron.telenetwork.com> <20041012100915.K41628@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20041012125132.649777a8.jmarquez@telenetwork.com>

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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Jesse Marquez wrote:

> > try
> >
> > telnet `hostname`
> >
> > If that gives a host-resolution-type error, better check /etc/hosts again
> > :)
> >
> > Otherwise we'd need all of the xauth messages.  It usually whines about
> > something else when it prints a message like that.
>
> telnet gives no errors when trying to establish a connection to host,
> those are the only xauth errors i'm receiving. You can check out the
> thread on the issue here
> http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25583

Okay, so it may not be dns related ... you've tried deleting
~/.Xauthority, or making sure you own it and not root or some other user?

-- 
Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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