[LUGSB] GNOME desktop weirdness

[Akshat Aranya]

Hi,

My GNOME desktop acts weird if the hostname of the machine changes when 
I'm logged in.  I can't launch any Gnome application and eventually the 
Gnome session dies on me.  Has anybody had this problem before and is 
there some way out other than restarting X whenever my hostname changes? 
I don't want to do that since I keep jumping back and forth wired and 
wireless which changes my hostname.

Thanks,
Akshat
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Gnome relies a lot on Bonobo which is some CORBA-like thing. I'm guessing
thats what causes the reliance on hostname.

But to me, changing hostnames is a lot weirder. Why does switching
networks cause your hostname to change?

Vinay


On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Akshat Aranya wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My GNOME desktop acts weird if the hostname of the machine changes when
> I'm logged in.  I can't launch any Gnome application and eventually the
> Gnome session dies on me.  Has anybody had this problem before and is
> there some way out other than restarting X whenever my hostname changes?
> I don't want to do that since I keep jumping back and forth wired and
> wireless which changes my hostname.
>
> Thanks,
> Akshat
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It could also have to do with xhosts getting horribly confused.  I've
had that happen before.  If you've got an open xterm you can run xhost +
and that will "fix" it.

Security considerations or lack thereof are up to you to think about.

Chip

On Mon, 2004-03-15 at 15:21, Akshat Aranya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My GNOME desktop acts weird if the hostname of the machine changes when 
> I'm logged in.  I can't launch any Gnome application and eventually the 
> Gnome session dies on me.  Has anybody had this problem before and is 
> there some way out other than restarting X whenever my hostname changes? 
> I don't want to do that since I keep jumping back and forth wired and 
> wireless which changes my hostname.
> 
> Thanks,
> Akshat
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