Chris Blackburn <cblackburn36NOSPAMPLS@softhome.net> wrote:
> I installed gnome from the HP depot and all worked fine. For a separate
> reason I had to change the ip address of the system. From then on the
> screen just shows a blank X background and a cursor and nothing else.
>
> I *think* this is because the XAuth file contains information for the
> old IP address and hence the gdm program is denied access to the XServer.
>
> How can I fix this so that GDM works again

The original HP-UX gnome depot had a bug in gdm that would cause it
to sometimes hang before showing the login screen. There is a fixed
version of gdm available as an attachment to a reply at
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/f...threadId=68415
It may correct the problem you see.

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