Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:06:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: can't start xserver Message-ID: <19980322100652.56038@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980321115331.2426A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>; from BEAUPRE Antoine on Sat, Mar 21, 1998 at 12:04:12PM -0500 References: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980321115331.2426A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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On Sat, 21 March 1998 at 12:04:12 -0500, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote: > I've got my pc running freebsd release 2.2.5... > > I'm trying to use the XFree86 windowsmanager. Which one? Or do you mean XFree86? The window manager is an optional component, and you have a choice of more than 10 different ones. > I've run xf86config. Did it run correctly and not produce any error messaegs? What hardware do you have? I know it's a pain to type in all this stuff, especially when you don't have X running and really have to type it in, but I'm afraid I can't help unless you report things accurately. In this case, I have serious doubts. > I've got the folowing error message when i try to run XF86Setup: > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 I don't know a program called XF86Setup. What do you mean here? > When I run xstart: Do you mean startx? I don't know an xstart either. > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > > waiting for Xserverto begin accepting connections . > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > _XSERVTransSocketCreateListener: fail to bind listener > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: SocketCreateListenerf() failed > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListener: failed to create listener for tcp > > Fatal server error: > Failed to establish all listening sockets > > when reporting server crash[...] > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61 > giving up. > > xinit: Connection refused (errno 61): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error. How long did this take? > I don't know what to do next! What do you have in your .xinitrc? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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