Bug 8552 - Display name broken
Summary: Display name broken
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Server/General (show other bugs)
Version: 6.8.2
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Linux (All)
: highest critical
Assignee: Xorg Project Team
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Reported: 2006-10-08 02:27 UTC by Alastair Browne
Modified: 2009-09-07 00:31 UTC (History)
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Description Alastair Browne 2006-10-08 02:27:07 UTC 
When starting the X server, it refuses to place the hostname within the display
name. This results in an X server that is unusable over a network. Whatever I
do, the display name does not get set to anything other than ':0.0'. It should
get set to myhostname:0.0.

I am using exactly the same files in /etc/X11/xdm as I previously used with
XFree and which worked perfectly.

I am running Slackware 10.2 with the dist of xorg that came with the distribution.

My network is set up correctly.
Comment 1 Adam Jackson 2006-10-12 17:53:57 UTC 
The server can't place anything in the DISPLAY environment variable seen by
clients, because the X server doesn't exec the clients.

It's more likely that your X server is being started with '-nolisten tcp'.
Comment 2 Daniel Stone 2007-02-27 01:33:57 UTC 
Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys.  Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.
Comment 3 Benjamin Close 2008-01-11 02:35:50 UTC 
Bugzilla Upgrade Mass Bug Change

NEEDSINFO state was removed in Bugzilla 3.x, reopening any bugs previously listed as NEEDSINFO.

  - benjsc
    fd.o Wrangler

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