Re: Xauthority issues whenever I switch networks

[David Brownlee <abs%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Jared D. McNeill wrote:

> Hey folks --
>
> Running native Xorg on 5.0_BETA, whenever I switch between networks on my 
> laptop (say going from coffee shop w/ wifi to wired at the office), my 
> Xauthority file will no longer allow me to create new connections and I need 
> to restart the X server. Further evidence of this is that the titles of my 
> existing windows in GNOME change from eg. 'Terminal' to 'Terminal (on eee)', 
> implying that they are now considered to be remote.
>
> FWIW I'm using gdm 2.20.7 from pkgsrc.

        I suspect your hostname is changing. You would need to find the
        dhcpdc equivalent to the dhclient "supersede host-name" :)

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