Re: FVWM: HOSTDISPLAY variable

From: Albrecht Kadlec <albrecht_at_auto.tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 31 May 96 13:18:40 +0200

>>>>> greg haygood writes:

g> On Thu, 30 May 1996, Albrecht Kadlec wrote:

> well, HOSTDISPLAY is apparently set to `hostname`,
> which doesn't include the domain in our domain.
> (and I can't change that)
 
> Any way to tell fvwm the missing domain once and forever?

g> phantom% hostname
g> phantom

g> phantom% hostname -f
g> phantom.rh.uchicago.edu

g> phantom% export HOSTDISPLAY=`hostname -f` # note backticks
g> phantom% echo $HOSTDISPLAY
g> phantom.rh.uchicago.edu

g> does this work for you? it works under linux, but not with
g> /usr/ucb/hostname on Solaris. there may be another cmd that does this
g> though.

13:12 vta_host:~> /bin/hostname
vta_host
13:13 vta_host:~> /bin/hostname -f
sethostname: Not owner
Exit 1

no, sorry.
sunos 4.1.3 or apollo Domain OS.


g> if not, and it's one machine, just use

g> phantom% export HOSTDISPLAY='your.domain.here' # quotes, not backticks

I'd like to do this in my .xsession, prior to exec'ing fvwm2

does fvwm use HOSTDISPLAY, or does it overwrite it, if it exists.


I just play with a personalized hostname now (still untested):

        #!/usr/local/lbin/tcsh
        echo `/bin/hostname`.auto.tuwien.ac.at

g> hope this helps,
g> greg

thanks,
albrecht
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