topic Re: CDE doesn't start in Operating System - HP-UX

CDE doesn't start

Ali Dinckan — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:21:32 GMT

Hi,

I have just installed HP UX 11i.v2, but when I login CDE I get an error window telling
"Desktop messaging system could not be started", check whether the desktop is properly installed, whether the hostname is correct in /etc/hosts (it is), and whether the network is properly configured (it is).

I followed all the instructions posted in the forum
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=297127
but it didnt make any change.

I attached the output of dr_dt

Any help will be much appreciated

Fehime

Re: CDE doesn't start

KapilRaj — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 02:32:58 GMT

Lemee assume your hostname is "kaps"

#host kaps
kaps 100.0.0.1
#host 100.0.0.1
kaps 100.0.0.1

Does this work as above ?. If not check in /etc/hosts whether there are multiple entries for your IP_ADDRESS or HOST_NAME

That should fix this error

Kaps

Re: CDE doesn't start

Ali Dinckan — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:13:02 GMT

I checked again but There is no problem with DNS and host records. any other idea??

Thanks

Re: CDE doesn't start

Robert-Jan Goossens — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:25:04 GMT

Hi,

Could you check the state of the installed CDE filesets.

# swlist -l fileset -a state | grep -i cde

Regards,
Robert-Jan

Re: CDE doesn't start

Ali Dinckan — Wed, 30 Jun 2004 03:30:16 GMT

Thank you all. Our problem is solved. The problem was DNS reverse look up. I configured DNS reverse lookup table. Then problem is solved and I logged in the CDE succesfully.

Thank you again

Re: CDE doesn't start

Andrew Cowan — Thu, 01 Jul 2004 01:23:27 GMT

Another way to solve this general DNS problem with X, is to set the resolver order in "/etc/nsswitch.conf" to: LOCAL,BIND.