Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 12:57:20 +0930 (CST) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: beth_arnold@hotmail.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: Xterm won't run: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect Message-ID: <199707310327.MAA18791@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970730222917.540A-100000@alpha.gte.net> from Charlie ROOT at "Jul 30, 97 10:34:14 pm"
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Charlie ROOT writes: > Please respond to the email address beth_arnold@hotmail.com or to the list > instead of the address listed as "From". Thank you Please don't write as root. It confuses people. If you really have to, please include a Reply-To: header. > Hello, I am having problems getting Xterm to run. When attempting to > start xterm I get the error message "X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't > connect: errno = 2". Then after saying that a few times it says it can't > open the display. I am using the display :0.0, but have also tried :0 > and `hostname`:0.0. I have never been able to run Xterm or any Xwindows > applications. I am using FreeBSD 2.2.2. It looks to me as if you haven't started X yet. Don't start xterm, start 'startx' or 'xinit'. If you haven't set up a window manager, the screen will look a bit funny, but it *will* give you an xterm for free. Look at the man pages X(1), startx(1), and xinit(1). You will also need to choose a window manager--see ctwm(1), fvwm(1), twm(1), and fvwm95-2(1). Some of these may be in the ports collection. Greg
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