Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 15:02:34 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: patrick@cre8tivegroup.com (Patrick Gardella) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPP and X ?!? Message-ID: <199709222002.PAA18697@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970922153356.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> from Patrick Gardella at "Sep 22, 97 03:32:14 pm"
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In a previous message, Patrick Gardella said: > > > > >Ok. Is your name server on the other side of your ppp connection? > > Yes. Its on the ISP. Ok. One possibility is that startx is trying to resolve your DISPLAY hostname. Do you set DISPLAY to :0 or `hostname`:0? If you're doing `hostname`:0 then it maybe trying to ask your ISP's dns server who host is, and dns doesn't know because it's just has your ppp link hostname not the hostname you set your machine to. If that's the case, then you want hosts before dns. And your hosts file should contain only the minimum machines you talk to (like localhost and your hostname (which maybe be both 127.0.0.1). > >Probably not. X0.hosts sets what machines are allowed by default to > >connect you your Xserver. This was what my problem was. It was trying to > >resolve a bunch of machines in this file. > > Ah. Nope. Don't run an xserver. So we can eliminate that! Actually, yes you do. An X server is the background. xterm, afterstep, xlockmore, etc are clients that connect to the X server. > > > >> How can I see a tcpdump when I startx? I type startx, get a screen of text f > rom > >> XF86Config, and then it freezes. Can't switch consoles, etc. > > > >Outta luck. Sorry. Unless you can bring up a terminal on a serial port > >or telnet in from somewhere else. Maybe, you can set the c option to > >collect 1000 packets or something and the -r option to send it to a > >file. And hope it's there after you reboot. > > I'll try that when I can take the system down. That'll be fun, trying > to get all three things to happen at one (ppp, tcpdump, startx) > > Pat > -- I hear there's some exciting developments in rubber squeak toys! - The Tick
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