Subject: Re: slow startx
To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/04/2004 21:18:59
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 12:47:45PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2004, at 12:10 PM, d.zanon@infinito.it wrote:
> >After a fresh NetBSD 2.0_BETA install on my i386, at the first
> >boot startx was very fast and X came up in about three seconds, but at 
> >the second boot that command doesn't do anything for more than 3 
> >minutes.
> >After that, it says "xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "abc:0" in 
> >"list" command"
> 
> Sounds like a DNS timeout, and/or your hostname isn't being recognized. 
>  Verify that /etc/resolv.conf is set up right and/or check what's in 
> /etc/hosts...

you can also try to remove .Xauthority

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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