trying to install gnome2.

[Byung-Hee HWANG]

On Thu, 2007-10-18 at 09:11 +0200, Ananias Uushona wrote:
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> /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name
> "test.africaonline.com.na:0" in "list" command
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Check /etc/hosts. Make sure you have as follows:

[Your IP Address] test.africaonline.com.na 

For example, this is my /etc/hosts:

::1		localhost.izb.knu.ac.kr localhost
127.0.0.1	localhost.izb.knu.ac.kr localhost
155.230.157.159	viola.local	viola

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