-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You could try refreshing your shell profile like in bash you would type:
<snip> . ~/.profile </snip> or <snip> source ~/.profile </snip> If that isn't system wide enough, logout and then log back in and see if that fixes your X server. Otherwise, your last choice would be to do a reboot. HTH - -Altoine Tabitha McNerney wrote: > > > On 2/23/07, *Daniel J. Luke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On Feb 23, 2007, at 1:15 AM, Tabitha McNerney wrote: > > Today I needed to change the hostname of a Mac (running 10.4.8) > > which has previously been installed with numerous MacPorts > > including XDarwin via XFree86. > > > > After changing the hostname and then running: > > how did you change the hostname? > > > > Actually, Daniel, I didn't directly change the hostname, but I did > change the Computer Name which indirectly modified the hostname. I very > recently discovered a spelling error that was made quite a while ago > (when numerous MacPorts were built, configured and installed), so I > changed the Computer Name (in the Sharing Preferences panel via System > Preferences). After changing the Computer Name, I then had a problem > connecting to the X server. > > > Did you reboot after you changed it? > > > > No, I did not rebooted. Is rebooting required, such that X be able to > handle the new indirectly-changed hostname? > > What should one do if, say, a spelling error in the Computer Name (and > therefore in the hostname) has been discovered after numerous MacPorts > have been built (including ports such as X)? How many other ports, I > wonder, are built and configured by incorporating the Computer Name > and/or indirectly the hostname, which is subject to change? > > TM > > -- > Daniel J. Luke > +========================================================+ > | *---------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ----------------* | > | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | > +========================================================+ > | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | > | reflect the opinions of my employer. | > +========================================================+ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF4c3mS0foIafBdlkRAkmMAKCDdN8D2/rEgJFXbTkN7C1Bc4WKgQCfYDps gtD+2jBxtDQjZ+ST0o53VSw= =twOK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
