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From: darryl@hpuorfa.HP.COM (Darryl J. Coppenhaver)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: X window problem.
Message-ID: <140009@hpuorfa.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jun 90 20:40:21 GMT
References: <3469@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, SSR-Orlando
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> 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.
> ----------
> 
	I don't know if you are up and Xing yet but, the most comman cause
	for that "waiting for X server...." message is that your "hostname"
	as defined in /etc/rc is not one of the names found in the /etc/hosts
	table. If you have not set up the network (which you would not worry
	about noramlly for a stand alone system) the X window system will
	not work.
	  Set up the network using the following steps:
	  1) edit /etc/rc and modify "SYSNAME=unknown" to some 
	     real name for your system.
	  2) edit /etc/hosts and add that new name and the network address
	     (network address must match that used in /etc/netlinkrc)

	Good luck,
	darryl@hpuorfa