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From: kam@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Keith Marchington)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X window problem.
Message-ID: <101950129@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 25 May 90 23:29:33 GMT
References: <3469@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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/ hpcvlx:comp.sys.hp / frankhua@quiche (Frank Xiaojun HUANG) /  2:06 pm  May 24, 1990 /

> I have finished installing the 7.0 HP-UX, and now I am trying to get X
> window work. I did exactly the smae as the manual says(use SAM to make
> a fully loaded kernal with networking by reading in the dfile
> `/etc/conf/dfile.full.lan', but still I got some problem:
> 
> When I type `x11start', it generate a new screen, and then the following
> message:
> 
> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections .........
> 
> and then nothing happens(keeps printing out the dots).
> 
> Can anyone give me some suggestions to solve this problem?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> p.s. This is a local system and is not connected to any computer Net.
> ----------
> 

As of 7.0, you will need to set the DISPLAY environment variable if
you do not have an /etc/hosts file.  This is because some logic was
added to the X Library to attempt to use unix domain sockets if the
connection is local.  

I believe this is the source of your problem.  Just do one of the
following before starting the 'x11start' program:

for csh:

	setenv DISPLAY local:0

for sh/ksh
	
	DISPLAy=local:0
	export DISPLAY

Hope this works.

Keith Marchington
Hewlett-Packard
Corvallis, Oregon