Re: Is it possible to start X Windows in multiple V/C .

[Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Lazar Fleysher wrote:

> ~/>startx -- :1
> 
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> already running
> 

Did you check that there isn't already a server on display :1 as suggested
by the error message?

ps -ax |grep /usr/X11R6/bin/X

Also there might be a stale lockfile due to a servercrash.

Check for /tmp/.X1-lock and /tmp/.X11-unix/X1= and delete them.

Ciao,
	Martin




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