RE: Startup of X fails

[Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>]

Ok.  Create a file called .xinitrc in ~.  Put the following line:
exec xterm

type "xinit" at the login prompt.  Please then send toe output.


On 16-Oct-98 MJ Watson wrote:
> After installing 2.0 clean onto my PC, attempts to start up any
> window manager fails, as does just trying to start an xterm.
> 
> This output is from an attempt to start up fvwm2:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option:  `:0'
> 
> [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option:  `-auth'
> 
> [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> Unknown option:  `/root/.Xauthority'
> 
> 
> Fvwm Version 2.0.46 Usage:
> 
>   X [-d dpy] [-debug] [-f config_cmd] [-s] [-blackout] [-version] [-h]
> 
> [FVWM][main]: <<ERROR>> can't open display 
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> giving up.
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
> xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> Any suggestions?  XF86Setup seems to go OK, though it may have been done as
> root, but I'm trying to start my windows as under my userid.  I'm not trying 
> to run xdm, just doing a startx.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
> mjwatson@livenet.net
> 
> 
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E-Mail: Shaleh <shaleh@livenet.net>
Date: 16-Oct-98
Time: 13:18:33

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