RE: startx xauth errors

From: Jesse Marquez <jmarquez_at_telenetwork.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:07:27 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robert Watson
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:52 AM
To: Doug White
Cc: freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org; jmarquez_at_telenetwork.com
Subject: Re: startx xauth errors


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Doug White wrote:

> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 jmarquez_at_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 :) 

Hosts file looks good, any other tips?
Received on Tue Oct 12 2004 - 11:07:30 UTC

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