On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:46:09AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > I'm kind of new to this, so would appreciate a hand. I just got through > > > configuring a custom kernel. Both makebuild and installbuild take place > > > with no problems and the kernel boots just like it's supposed to. But > > > when I try to bring up X I get this error message: > > > > > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > > > > Maybe you forgot something netowrking related. Please show a diff(1) of > > you kernel configurations, see below. > > > > > Fatal server error: > > > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > > > already running > > > > > > I rebooted with the old kernel and everything is back to normal. > > > Obviously I removed something from the kernel configuration file that I > > > shouldn't have. Can someone give me a heads up on just what that might > > > be? > > > > Please post the output of 'diff -u oldconfig newconfig', where oldconfig > > and newconfig are replaced by the paths of the old and new kernel > > configuration files. > > > > As requested: > > --- /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/REMKERNEL 2008-07-17 00:08:57.000000000 > -0700 > +++ /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC 2008-02-05 19:24:28.000000000 > -0800
Hmm. Nothing suspicious as far as I can see. Since it says "server already running" in the original error message, was there perhaps a stray hidden lockfile or socket in /tmp/? Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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