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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 23:07:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Stefan <veith@bigfoot.com>
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Subject: Re: Problems in starting X server
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On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Stefan wrote:

> I encounter this strange problem I have never seen before when I want to
> start X:
> 
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
>  [...]
> Fatal server error:
> Failed to establish listening sockets
> giving up.
> xinit: Interrupted system call (errno 4): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): server error

How are you starting X and what is the full output?

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