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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: X Windows Problem
Date: 23 Jun 1996 21:45:24 +0100
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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Syntax (syntax@eramp.net) wrote:
: I therefor typed: setenv DISPLAY :0.0 and got the error:
: TRANS(SocketINETConnect)()can't connect:errno=61
: Can't open display :0.0
: I then typed the same command but used: localhost:0.0
: Error message was the same except for 61 became 2
: I know this is something I have done and would appreciate knowing what
: files I need to edit and what to add or remove from them.
It sounds like you haven't got an entry in /etc/hosts for 'localhost'.
If you have, but have a DNS running, then it sounds like you're not
a primary for 127. I suspect the former.
You need a line saying:
127.0.0.1 localhost
in /etc/hosts.
If this is already there, what does 'netstat -rn' say. What doesn
'ping -c1 localhost' say ?
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....