Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:28:49 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X won't play Message-ID: <20080717172849.GA33118@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080717164609.GA1010@remdog.net> References: <20080717164609.GA1010@remdog.net>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:46:09AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > I'm kind of new to this, so would appreciate a hand. I just got thro= ugh > > > configuring a custom kernel. Both makebuild and installbuild take pl= ace > > > with no problems and the kernel boots just like it's supposed to. But > > > when I try to bring up X I get this error message: > > >=20 > > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > >=20 > > Maybe you forgot something netowrking related. Please show a diff(1) of > > you kernel configurations, see below. > >=20 > > > Fatal server error: > > > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > > > already running > > >=20 > > > I rebooted with the old kernel and everything is back to normal. > > > Obviously I removed something from the kernel configuration file that= I > > > shouldn't have. Can someone give me a heads up on just what that mig= ht > > > be? > >=20 > > Please post the output of 'diff -u oldconfig newconfig', where oldconfig > > and newconfig are replaced by the paths of the old and new kernel > > configuration files. > >=20 >=20 > As requested: >=20 > --- /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/REMKERNEL 2008-07-17 00:08:57.000000000 > -0700 > +++ /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC 2008-02-05 19:24:28.000000000 > -0800 Hmm. Nothing suspicious as far as I can see. Since it says "server already running" in the original error message, was there perhaps a stray hidden lockfile or socket in /tmp/? Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/gVEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWYqQCdFqdsGfJ6QBgHaS4BwLLN+6OZ rE8Ani5SlY3inDxOaA8y0J2ScorEweqx =Ifqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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