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Date:      Tue, 18 Aug 1998 14:31:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        John Derk <johnderk@infoserve.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: installing XWindows
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808181430570.19286-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <35D8A0E9.277DC7FB@infoserve.net>

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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, John Derk wrote:

> > > > xinit:  Connection refused (errno 61):  unable to connect to X server
> > > > xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> >
> > Did I see this already?
> 
> Yes.

Aagghghghhhh..... ;)

> 
> > I've been debugging X problems and have all the
> > threads mixed up :-(
> 
> No worries.
> 
> > How are you starting X?
> 
> I just type 'startx' with no options/arguments. I'm logged in as root; using tcsh shell.
> 
> > The problem is that your X server is crashing
> > before the clients get started.  Error 61 is Connection Refused, so some
> > daemon (xdm?) isn't getting started.

I'd suggest reinstalling X and make sure you pick up all the essentials
and go through XF86Setup or xf86config throughly.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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