On Nov 24, 2007 10:11 PM, Manuel Ravasio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > check your DNS configuration. xauth(1) needs a working DNS to > > translates names to addresses and vice-versa. > > If it block, this blocks X startup. > > > Hmmm... > Maybe the first time the problem showed up the laptop was disconnected from > the network, > but I'm positive it showed more than once when the laptop was connected to my > company's network. > DNS addresses are configured via DHCP and I was able to connect to both > company network and > the internet once the X environment server was up, so I think DNS was not the > problem. > > I'll double-check next time I'll fire the laptop up. > > Thank you anyway, > bye,
Also check for stale .Xauthority-? files in your home directory. These are locks created by xauth while it touches the mail .Xauthority file. If they didn't get removed for some reason, xauth will wait.
