Re: X busted after 2.0 -> 2.1 upgrade
On 06 Apr 1999q, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
>
> I upgraded (at least, with CD 1) from 2.0 -> 2.1 last night, and
> everything seemed to be fine. I quit dselect, fired up X, and while
> running X, looked at some notes I had made preparing for the upgrade.
>
> I purged xbase, since it's been claimed that it's no longer needed.
> Everything still ran fine. I powered things off for the night and went to
> bed. I got up this morning, powered up, logged on, and then:
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> $ startx
>
> _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.
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> What the heck? Did I jump the gun on removing xbase? Any idea what's up,
> or how to find what's up?
>
Now that you say this, I realize I had just the same experience (twice, in
fact, on different machines). Something wrong with the install advice, I
think.
Anthony
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