startx does nothing

Erik P. Skaalerud erik at pentadon.com
Wed Nov 30 09:29:53 PST 2005


joerg at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:35:44PM +1100, elekktretterr at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

So i got to compile Xorg from pkgsrc, after configuring xorg.conf
and trying to run startx, nothing happens. not even one line of output
produced. it would just sit on startx. However, running just X or xinit
seems to work.

Does it hang infinitely or just for 1 minute or so? It might be the
result of DNS issues.
Offtopic, but I have to ask.

Why do BSD insist on having a working resolver (DNS,hosts) to function 
properly? It's rather insane that the resolve timeout is so hilariously 
high.

A good example is a sshd who lost contact with DNS. If you are lucky 
you'll get a login prompt after about 2 minutes. If you're not lucky, 
sshd just kills the connection.

Could anyone here perhaps explain the reason for this behaviour to me?

- Erik





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