Stuart Jansen wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 12:26 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote:
> 
>>How is that done?  I have DISPLAY=:0.0 in my environment.  Does that
>>mean it's using localhost or the box's host name?  If I need to change
>>it, where should I change it?
> 
> 
> In this case, it _should_ be using Unix domain sockets. Specifically, it
> should be using /tmp/.X11-unix/X0.

I see!  I have that file, but it mysteriously doesn't show up in `lsof`.
 I wonder if the X server is really using it.  'man X' seems to make no
mention of it.

> None the less, I've seen problems
> with hostname resolution that broke X apps. Arguably, in several cases
> the app should've been using Unix domain sockets instead of Internet
> sockets, but the fact remains.

Yep.  I noticed a few years ago that if my network connection was down,
it took forever to open windows.  Once I guessed that DNS might be
involved, mapping my host name to 127.0.0.1 was a simple workaround.
I'd love to discover a better fix.

Shane
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