problems with startx
Hi,
I'm having some problems with startx: If I log in and type startx, X starts
but doesn't start the window
manager. If I ctrl-alt-backspace out of that, here's the messages that
startx spews:
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_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, errno =
17
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
Release Date: January 4 1999
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Operating System: Linux 2.2.1ide1 i586 [ELF]
Configured drivers:
SVGA: server for SVGA graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0):
NV1, STG2000, RIVA128, RIVATNT, RIVATNT2, RIVATNT2, RIVATNT2,
RIVATNT2, ET4000, ET4000W32, ET4000W32i, ET4000W32i_rev_b,
ET4000W32i_rev_c, ET4000W32p, ET4000W32p_rev_a, ET4000W32p_rev_b,
ET4000W32p_rev_c, ET4000W32p_rev_d, ET6000, ET6100, et3000, pvga1,
wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, wd90c24, wd90c31, wd90c33, gvga, ati,
sis86c201, sis86c202, sis86c205, sis86c215, sis86c225, sis5597,
sis5598, sis6326, tvga8200lx, tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c,
tvga8900cl, tvga8900d, tvga9000, tvga9000i, tvga9100b, tvga9200cxr,
tgui9400cxi, tgui9420, tgui9420dgi, tgui9430dgi, tgui9440agi,
cyber9320, tgui9660, tgui9680, tgui9682, tgui9685, cyber9382,
cyber9385, cyber9388, cyber9397, cyber9520, 3dimage975, 3dimage985,
clgd5420, clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, clgd5428, clgd5429, clgd5430,
clgd5434, clgd5436, clgd5446, clgd5480, clgd5462, clgd5464, clgd5465,
clgd6205, clgd6215, clgd6225, clgd6235, clgd7541, clgd7542, clgd7543,
clgd7548, clgd7555, clgd7556, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga, mga2064w,
mga1064sg, mga2164w, mga2164w AGP, mgag200, mgag100, oti067, oti077,
oti087, oti037c, al2101, ali2228, ali2301, ali2302, ali2308, ali2401,
cl6410, cl6412, cl6420, cl6440, video7, ark1000vl, ark1000pv,
ark2000pv, ark2000mt, mx, realtek, s3_virge, AP6422, AT24, AT3D,
s3_svga, NM2070, NM2090, NM2093, NM2097, NM2160, NM2200, ct65520,
ct65525, ct65530, ct65535, ct65540, ct65545, ct65546, ct65548,
ct65550, ct65554, ct65555, ct68554, ct69000, ct64200, ct64300,
mediagx, V1000, V2x00, p9100, spc8110, generic
(using VT number 7)
XF86Config: /etc/X11/XF86Config
(**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
(**) XKB: keymap: "xfree86(us_microsoft)" (overrides other XKB settings)
(**) Mouse: type: imps/2, device: /dev/psaux, buttons: 3
(**) SVGA: Graphics device ID: "STB Velocity 128"
(**) SVGA: Monitor ID: "IBM P200"
(--) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
(--) SVGA: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
(**) FontPath set to
"unix/:7100,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts
/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X1
1/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mis
c/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
(--) SVGA: PCI: NVidia/SGS-Thomson Riva128 rev 33, Memory @ 0xe4000000,
0xe5000000
(--) SVGA: chipset: RIVA128
(**) SVGA: videoram: 8160k
(**) SVGA: Using 16 bpp, Depth 16, Color weight: 555
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 256.000 MHz
(**) SVGA: Mode "1600x1200": mode clock = 202.500
(**) SVGA: Mode "1280x1024": mode clock = 157.500
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800
(**) SVGA: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 69.650
(**) SVGA: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 115.500
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 1600x1200
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: RIVA128: Using hardware cursor
(--) SVGA: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)
(--) SVGA: XAA: Solid filled rectangles
(--) SVGA: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy
(--) SVGA: XAA: 8x8 color expand pattern fill
(--) SVGA: XAA: Using 12 128x64 areas for pixmap caching
(--) SVGA: XAA: Caching tiles and stipples
(--) SVGA: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w
1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m us_microsoft -em1 "The XKEYBOARD keymap
compiler (xkbcomp) reports:" -emp "> " -eml "Errors from xkbcomp are not
fatal to the X server" keymap/xfree86 /var/tmp/xfree86.xkm'
.parse error: line 1 of us
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Error: Error interpreting include file "us"
> Exiting
> Abandoning symbols file "us_microsoft"
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
..
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
..
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
..
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
..
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
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If I su and rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix, and then exit the su, then I can type
startx and everything is fine -- at least
until I logout or reboot.
Here's an ls of the contents of /tmp before I delete /tmp.X11-unix:
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/tmp:
total 11
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 1024 May 27 22:08 ..
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 11 Jul 18 09:34 .X1-lock
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:34 .X11-unix
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:34 .font-unix
srwxrwxrwx 1 postgres postgres 0 Jul 18 09:34 .s.PGSQL.5432
-rw-rw-r-- 1 twl twl 0 Jul 18 09:35 tmp-log
-rw-rw-r-- 1 twl twl 5229 Jul 18 09:34 x-log
/tmp/.X11-unix:
total 2
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:34 .
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:35 ..
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:34 X1
/tmp/.font-unix:
total 2
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:34 .
drwxrwxrwt 4 root root 1024 Jul 18 09:35 ..
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:34 fs7100
srwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jul 18 09:34 fs7101
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Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Ted Leung
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