XFree86 / XDarwin and change of hostname

[Altoine Barker]

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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* <dluke at geeklair.net
> <mailto:dluke at geeklair.net>> 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
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