Re: tlug: xset

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> On 05-Dec-98 Andrew S. Howell wrote:
> >>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com> writes:
> >     Jim> found I couldn't telnet to localhost in an xterm. 
> >     Jim> TRANS(SocketINETConnect) () can't get address for
> >          wormhole
> > 
> > This sounds like a dns or /etc/hosts problem.
> 
> Not running named on this box and can ping localhost....
> 
> After a bit more investigation, this seems to be an X problem.
> >From the console, I can telnet localhost OK, but from X, I can't.
> Whatever is causing this is probably causing navigator4.5 to
> fail as well. (Nav3 and 4.05 work fine, as does xset, xsetroot
> etc after I restart X, btw)
> 
> Still puzzeled, mutter mutter....

hm, well, we did a test install of 3.6J here, and I couldn't ping/telnet
to it after the install, but that could have been a configuration issue.
It could still be that kernel thing.  I remember the
TRANS(SocketINETConnect) thing being a part of the
2.0.x-kernel-built-with-egcs issue...

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)


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