You might consider setting the MacBook to never sleep as long as it has external power.
-Ross- On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Hans Kruse wrote: > I have this problem routinely if the machine changes IP addresses > as part of the sleep/wake cycle. > > (Apple X11, Intel MacBook Pro) > > On Jan 16, 2007, at 10:23 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> On 1/16/07, Joerg van den Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I'm aware that this is not really a question for the fink list. >>> apologies in advance for >>> posting...: >>> >>> I experience about 99% of the time (but not always) a problem, >>> where after waking up my G5 >>> (10.4.8) from sleep, >>> the running X window manager (`ion3' in my case) does no longer >>> work in so far as >>> every attempt to create a new window results in the error message >>> given as the subject >>> of this mail and a message from the respective program (e.g. >>> `gv') that it is unable to >>> open the display. >>> >>> in the 'troubleshooting Xfree86' page on the Fink site I found a >>> work around, namely >>> manually removing the (and recreating a new empty) .Xauthority >>> file. this indeed works. >>> (and thanks very much for that hint -- up to now I found no other >>> cure than to abort and >>> restart Xdarwin). >>> >>> the reason for the problem given in the 'troubleshooting' page >>> is: >>> ========================================cut========================= >>> ============= >>> this can be caused by some VNC installations, by running XDarwin >>> through sudo, and >>> probably some other freak accidents. >>> ========================================cut========================= >>> ============= >>> >>> I _do_ have tightvnc installed (but how could it do harm if not >>> running?), I do _not_ run >>> XDarwin through sudo. is my problem a regular 'freak accident'? >>> does anyone experience >>> similar problems after wake up from sleep mode? does anybody >>> have a clue what can go wrong "overnight"? >>> >>> >>> joerg >>> >> >> "Freak accidents" may be excessive. You're quite right about the >> non-running tightvnc not being the culprit. >> >> I get this error occasionally when I switch X servers (e.g. from >> X11.app to XDarwin.app. I have never had it occur on waking up a >> machine that is running X11 (of any sort), though. >> >> I'd be interested to hear if others have had this problem. >> -- >> Alexander K. Hansen >> (akh) >> Fink Documenter (still) >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT >> Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to >> share your >> opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn >> cash >> http://www.techsay.com/default.php? >> page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-beginners mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > > Hans Kruse, Professor > J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems > Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer > Science > 292 Lindley Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701 > 740-593-4891 voice, 740-593-4889 fax > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
