Re: cramfs

[Karl Hammar <karl@aspodata.se>]

> 
> I've used Cramfs as my root but I get the following error when I try to run the X server. Can anyone help? 
> 
> # _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already run
> ning
> [1] 17 Exit 1 /usr/X11R6/bin/Xfbdev
> 
> 
> Would it help if I put the /usr/X11R6 in a different filesystem? If so, how to I edit the fstab accordingly?
> 
> many thanks,
> --ER

The message tells you that X wants to create a socket, and fails.
It fails because cramfs is a readonly filesystem.

On my desktop:

 # lsof -U | grep XFree86 | head -1
 XFree86     508     root    1u  unix 0xdfa7e800         453 
/tmp/.X11-unix/X0
 # ls -l /tmp/.X11-unix/
 total 0
 srwxrwxrwx  1 root root 0 Apr 17 22:25 X0=
 #

So, you need a writeable fs for /tmp if you want to run X.

Regards,
/Karl

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