Changing hostname to hostname² prevents dcopserver from loading
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Bug Description
This is in Ubuntu 8.04.2. Gnome environment.
I changed my hostname from "Redux" to "Redux²".
Upon restart of X, Akregator & Kate no longer load. They give this error in terminal:
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/usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfMg8b:1: bad "add" command line
/usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfMg8b:2: bad "add" command line
DCOPClient:
ICE Connection rejected!
DCOPClient:
DCOPServer self-test failed.
ICE Connection rejected!
kdeinit: DCOPServer could not be started, aborting.
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Amarok also gives the above error in the terminal, but also shows a window with the following error: (It loads in the end, but the tray icon floats out of the Gnome-tray)
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There was an error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was:
Could no read network connection list.
~/.DCOPserver_
Please check that the "dcopserver" program is running!
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Loading just dcopserver from the terminal gives me this:
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/usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfMg8b:1: bad "add" command line
/usr/bin/iceauth: /tmp/dcopPfMg8b:2: bad "add" command line
DCOPClient:
ICE Connection rejected!
DCOPClient:
DCOPServer self-test failed.
ICE Connection rejected!
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.
Putting extended ascii characters is really not a Good Idea™, many applications will not expect this when they parse your hostname.
See RFC1178 "Choosing a Name for Your Computer" http:// tools.ietf. org/html/ rfc1178
Don't use non-alphanumeric characters in a name.
Your own computer may handle punctuation or control characters
nonstandard.
in a name, but most others do not. If you ever expect to
connect your computer to a heterogeneous network, you can count
on a variety of interpretations of non-alphanumeric characters
in names. Network conventions on this are surprisingly
and http:// tools.ietf. org/html/ rfc3696# section- 2 for a more in depth reasoning.
If you set your hostname back to plain 'hostname' (or any other alpha-numeric name) does the issue resolve itself?