Craig,

I get similar problems on my laptop where I bring the network up and down a
lot and change the routing and local addresses regularly.  I haven't spent
any time tracking this down yet, but I assume it is related to the
fluctuating network.  My workaround is to set the DISPLAY environment
variable to "<hostname>:0.0".  By default the DISPLAY variable is set to
":0.0".

Dave

> About once a week I need to reboot my NetBSD-current (i386) box
> because I get the following error:
> 
> chase@orac>xterm
> TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 2
> 
> The X server (XFree86-3.1.2A) seems to simply be unwilling to accept
> any new connections.  Any X client causes the same behavior, e.g.,
> 
> chase@orac>xclock
> TRANS(SocketUNIXConnect) () can't connect: errno = 2
> 
> I have no trouble with my current windows running, only the ability
> to create new windows is affected.
> 
> Any suggestions on what I have done wrong?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Craig
> 
> P.S. in case it was not obvious, the only workaround I know for the
> problem is to reboot.  After a reboot the machine works great (for
> about a week), and then the problem repeats.
> 
> -- 
> Craig Chase --- Assistant Professor
> Electrical and Computer Engineering
> The University of Texas at Austin
> Austin, TX 78721   --- (512) 471-7457
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