X server won't start - xfs: cannot establish any listening sockets

[David Jansen]

On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:50:36PM -1000, Antonio Querubin wrote:
[...]
> On some systems, gpm and the X server don't along.  Try stopping gpm first
> before starting gdm or the X server.
[...]

Actually, it is rhgb (the graphical boot) and gpm that don't get along.
Disabling rhgb (in /etc/grub.conf) does the trick, or configure the
machine to run without gpm (no mouse on console, but X can usually use
the mouse directly without gpm).

David