I started having the following problem a couple days ago on one of my slink-based i386 boxes when I try to start X via 'startx':
XFree86 Version 3.3.2.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: July 15 1998 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.0.35 i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: S3V: accelerated server for S3 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0) s3_ViRGE (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us)" (overrides other XKB settings) (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3 (**) S3V: Graphics device ID: "STB Nitro 3D" (**) S3V: Monitor ID: "My Monitor" (--) S3V: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted. (--) S3V: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted. (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. ------ strace'ing startx yields the following error: connect(4, {sun_family=AF_UNIX, sun_path="/tmp/.X11-unix/X0"}, 19) = -1 ECONNREFUSED (Connection refused) This socket seems to be created okay: (123) # ls -la /tmp/.X11-unix/ total 2 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Sep 6 02:47 ./ drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 1024 Sep 6 02:47 ../ srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Sep 6 02:47 X0= I'm not sure what's going on here exactly. I have un and reinstalled xbase and the S3V server packages. I also tried using the SVGA server and MetroX 4.3.0, with the same results. Any ideas would be appreciated... Tim ==== Tim Buller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Specialist Office: Snow Hall 643 Department of Mathematics Voice: 785-864-7311 University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 Fax: 785-864-5255 #!/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj $/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1 lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/) Please visit http://online.offshore.com.ai/arms-trafficker/