Possibly.
If you are using a higher security level and you have ALL:ALL:DENY in
your /etc/hosts.deny file then you may want to alter it to ALL:ALL
except localhost:DENY.
Tom
Charles Curley wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 05:58:47PM -0600, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> ->
> -> I had the same problem with an isp that assigned me an invalid
> -> hostname on connection. If I opened an xterm before I dialed
> -> and then once connected used the xterm to set my hostname back to
> -> what it was then everything "unfroze." Wierd I know.
> ->
> -> Civileme wrote:
> -> >
> -> > Stephen F. Bosch wrote:
> -> > >
> -> > > Okay, my turn to ask questions:
> -> > >
> -> > > I am setting up a machine for someone else who will only have dialup
> -> > > access to the internet. I have managed to configure the modem without
> -> > > any trouble; kppp can dial in, connect, and authenticate, and I can even
> -> > >
> -> > > surf and ping and all that good stuff.
> -> > >
> -> > > Here's the *strange* part:
> -> > >
> -> > > Once connected, I can't *open* anything. Nix. Nada. I can't open
> -> > > anything on the Kpanel, I can't open apps from the Kmenu... the system
> -> > > is paralyzed. All I can do, it seems, is disconnect kppp.
> -> > >
> -> > > No error messages of any kind.
> -> > >
> -> > > If I have Netscape open when I connect, I can surf normally. If I don't
> -> > > have Netscape open, I'm SOL -- because it won't open.
> -> > >
> -> > > After I disconnect -- bingo, I can open apps again.
>
> Bingo! Not weird at all.
>
> X is designed to work across a network. You can run X om machine A, then
> log into machine B. On A you can tell X to serve as display for B (xhost
> B). On B you can tell it to use A as its display (export
> DISPLAY=A:0.0). Then you can run X apps on B and have them display on A. I
> use that to administer my server, a 486 with 16 MB of physical memory.
>
> Something is wrong with your X setup. The server should be listening as
> localhost, not your host name. Clients should be using localhost for
> their displays, not the host name.
>
> I just checked my system. I have the same problem.
>
> ccurley@charlesc $ echo $DISPLAY
> charlesc:0.0
>
> Of course, your ISP probably should not be assigning you a hostname
> either.
>
> Anyone know enough about X to tell us how to correct this?
>
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