Re: persistent DISPLAY variable

["Bob B" <linybob at hotmail dot com>]

I can ping my PC via new hostname from the queried hosts that I can't Xwin 
to. I can't ping
oldhostname from anywhere on our network.

> Bob B wrote:
> > Where would it do that?  How can I find out if the queried host is at 
> > fault?
> >
> > My Windows COMPUTERNAME is newhost.
> >
> > I have discovered that some queried hosts work fine, others that I try to 
> > connect to are doing this oldhostname thing. Maybe the Unix admins have 
> > XDMCP on the queried hosts screwed up and it is forcing the DISPLAY 
> > variable to be something incorrect.
> >
> > I don't think it is a problem on my side now.
> >
> > I also can't swear that oldhostname is in fact an old host name for my PC. 
> > I can't ping oldhost from any Unix box - I don't know where that name is 
> > coming from.
>
> I wonder if the queried hosts are doing some sort of reverse DNS lookup, 
> and finding that your newhostname doesn't match the DNS records.
>
>
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