Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 12:02:40 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Paul Horechuk <phorechuk@docucom.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: X won't start Message-ID: <199910121602.MAA65923@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <013001bf1446$b7718680$73f8d7a5@paul.docucom.ca>
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On 12-Oct-99 Paul Horechuk wrote: > xinit: no such file or directory (errno2): unable to connect to X > server > xinit: No such process (errno3): Server error > > These errors occur if I login as root and immediately use startx. > > If I go through /stand/sysinstall, answer OK and SAVE at the various > prompts > for the XF86 Configure options, then quit out, I can run startx with > no > problems. Perhaps it can't create /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 which is a socket used by the X server. Also, make sure /tmp/.X0-lock isn't lying around when X starts up. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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