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Re: PROBLEM: Emacs won't startup under X

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From: Joe Kelsey
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 14:35
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In <9209280250.AA14854@hobbes.cert.org> paul@devon.lns.pa.US (Paul Sutcliffe Jr.) writes:

>This is with Emacs 18.58.

>    Hardware:	no-name 80486/33 ISA clone
>    Software:	ESIX 4.0.3a  (System V/386 Release 4 Version 3)
>		X11R4 as distributed with ESIX 4.0.3a
>		Using TWM as distributed with ESIX 4.0.3a

>I am running X from the system console; TCP/IP is not running, as
>there is no Ethernet hardware in the system.

>Problem:
>XIO:  fatal IO error 14 (Bad address) on X server "devon:0.0"
>      after 53 requests (18 known processed) with 0 events remaining.


I just spoke with the tech-support line for Esix (714-259-3000), and they said
that you *must* list your system in a valid running netowrk -- i.e., you must
install TCP/IP and then at least put your system name in the ``loopback''
entry in /etc/hosts.  Call tech support for more info.

/Joe
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