newbie PS1 config question

[Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha]

On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 10:19:31AM +1000, Scott Burns wrote:
> In my experience, changing the hostname while X is running is a Very Bad 
> Thing.  X authorisations are based on hostname so you will probably not 
> be able to open any new windows after the change.  I've had mixed 
> results with restarting X and found a reboot the best option.

Possible, but I can't reproduce that problem in my system.

Anyway, it should be possible to correct the authorization:

$ xauth list $DISPLAY

# hostname newhostname

$ xauth add :0 MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 <oldcookie>

Regards,
Luciano Rocha