In response to my message:
> I am trying to get the mail handler exmh V1.5.3 running on my OSF/1 V3.0
> system and am having a problem. I keep getting the error:
> exmh-bg cannot rendez-vous with UI - exiting.
> I read the FAQ which pointed to a problem with the .Xauthority file not being
> set up correctly. It looks to be set up correctly. Has anyone else run into
> this problem?
The solution came from many sources and was essentialy to make sure the hosts
that are added under the Security option within the dec session manager are
removed before starting exmh. This can be done by starting exmh the following
way:
From: "Achim Bohnet" <ach_at_rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de> (thanks)
> Xdm will does the Xauthority setup well. The problem (as usual) is dxsession.
> If you use DEC dxsession it will add the host you logged in and all other
> hosts you defined in the 'Security' item in the 'option' menu. tk refuses to
> accept 'send' commands when hosts are added and therefore exmh-bg could not
> communicate with emxh. As a workaround (IMHO don't use dxsession) you could
> start emxh in a script like that:
>
> xhost - >/dev/null
> for host in `xhost | tail +2`; do
> xhost -$host
> done
> echo "startup EXMH ..."
> exec exmh -geometry +300+0 -iconic
>
> Note: OSF/1's xhost could not remove DECnet or LAT host/user entries.
> You have to remove them with dxsession. (Has someone an xhost that know's
> about DECNET/LAT????)
>
> If you are using MH (V6.7) as delivered by DEC you may find also this patch
> useful:
>
> http://www.rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de/~ach/exmh/src/1.5.3-patches/osf1-mh6.7-mh.
> patch
>
> Better to upgrade to MH 6.8.3.
>
Thanks to all who helped:
Martyn.Johnson_at_cl.cam.ac.uk " Martyn Johnson"
ach_at_rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de "Achim Bohnet"
olle_at_cb.uu.se "Olle Eriksson"
papahr_at_ics.forth.gr "Kosmas Papachristos"
brian_at_aa.washington.edu
ddhill_at_zk3.dec.com "Dave Hill"
Tom Barkanic
E-Systems, ECI Division
intrepid!tb_at_uunet.uu.net
Received on Mon Feb 27 1995 - 11:40:15 NZDT