Misconfigured hostname?

bluefire · 08-25-2004, 04:33 PM

Hello, I'm having a problem - after I run ifup eth0 to bring my network up, X programs will no longer run. When I try to open e.g. sylpheed, I get the error:

Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

If (after running ifup) I log out to kdm, and then log into fluxbox again, X programs once again work correctly.

Any suggestions on how to track down this problem?

Thanks

Tinkster · 08-25-2004, 04:43 PM

What does your
/etc/hosts
look like?

Cheers,
Tink

bluefire · 08-25-2004, 08:54 PM

127.0.0.1 localhost

Thanks

myriad-zero · 08-26-2004, 02:12 AM

If you can post the details of your eth0 configuration that would help to trace the problem.

bluefire · 08-26-2004, 04:29 PM

I reinstalled / and /usr, so the problem has "resolved". I tracked it down to the /etc/sysconfig/network file, however, which had my primary dns as hostname.