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Date:      27 Jul 2001 10:02:15 +0100
From:      Wayne Pascoe <wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk>
To:        Meredith <mmp237@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I need help bad ly
Message-ID:  <86bsm6u4mg.fsf@pan.ehsrealtime.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010727084255.84524.qmail@web20001.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20010727084255.84524.qmail@web20001.mail.yahoo.com>

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Meredith <mmp237@yahoo.com> writes:

> Hi can you please help me.
> 
> 
> i get this error when trying to start X windows
> 
> ~~~~~~~
> pentium [/home/justin~] 3:35 >startx
> 
> execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 2)
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> giving up.
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable
> to connect to X server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> ~~~~~~~

What is your securelevel set to? Check /etc/rc.conf and look for a
line saying securelevel. If this is set to anything other than 0,
change it to 0 and reboot. 

HTH.

-- 
- Wayne Pascoe 
E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk
Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668

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