On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, stefano iacus wrote: > > I completely missed this point in James' mail...but now I read it :) > I don't know if this helps or not but this my experience: I personally have > x11.app launched at boot and I reboot my pbook only when "software update" > asks me, otherwise my machine is always running (and occasionally sleeping). > I change network settings 3 to 4 four times a day (at least in the last > month) and I never needed to restart X11. > > As I never experienced a failure I need some clarification from you: what I > understand from James' mail is that the problem arises if you start X11 after > changing network connection.
What I experience is that when I connect to a network via ethernet any X11 that is already running will stop allowing connnections. Switching between different wireless nodes doesn't seem to cause this. > So, is this a X11 bug or what? If so, it is probably a good idea to fill a > bug report to apple. > If not, please explain. It is documented by Apple and therefore not a bug. http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1232.html says Q: Why can't I connect to the X Server after a network config change? It requires a restart of the X server. A: This is expected behavior in the Xauthority authentication mechanism which X11 for Mac OS X uses by default. The problem is that Xauth uses two keys, the ip address and hostname of the system running the X server. But these keys don't get updated if you change the network configuration. You can disable authentication from the "Security" tab of X11.app's preferences. Be aware that doing so may create a security hole. -thomas _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
