Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:08:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: jmarquez@telenetwork.com Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: startx xauth errors Message-ID: <20041011190745.S34886@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <60085.70.112.63.168.1097242072.squirrel@webmail.telenetwork.com> References: <60085.70.112.63.168.1097242072.squirrel@webmail.telenetwork.com>
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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 jmarquez@telenetwork.com wrote: > When I execute startx, xauth gives me the following error twice in a row. > > xauth: (stdin):1: bad "add" command line Make sure your machine can resolve its own hostname. THere's a couple of name lookups in the xauth path and it'll spit this out if the lookup fails. Make sure the system's hostname is fully qualified and listed in /etc/hosts, DNS, or both :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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