On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > ~/>startx -- :1 > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > > Fatal server error: > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > already running >
Did you check that there isn't already a server on display :1 as suggested by the error message? ps -ax |grep /usr/X11R6/bin/X Also there might be a stale lockfile due to a servercrash. Check for /tmp/.X1-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/X1= and delete them. Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .