f10 install, still no X

David bouncingcats at gmail.com
Wed May 27 03:12:38 UTC 2009


On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 7:12 AM, jackson byers <byersjab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> still no X
>
> root at localhost ~]# startx
> Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
>        If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
>        and start again.
>
> [root at localhost ~]# startx
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
>
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already r
> unning
>
> any ideas?

As previously mentioned I am not expert in X.

But have you seen http://wiki.x.org/wiki/FAQErrorMessages which
includes both these messages?

Also you could try the mailing list
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/

or IRC
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/XorgIRC




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