Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:17:48 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: X won't play Message-ID: <20080717161748.GA31077@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080717155053.GA1054@remdog.net> References: <20080717155053.GA1054@remdog.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 08:50:53AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > I'm kind of new to this, so would appreciate a hand. I just got through > configuring a custom kernel. Both makebuild and installbuild take place > with no problems and the kernel boots just like it's supposed to. But > when I try to bring up X I get this error message: >=20 > _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 > _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/remdog.net:0 > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 These three lines only indaicate that you don't have IPv6 networking, but is not a problem. > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running Maybe you forgot something netowrking related. Please show a diff(1) of you kernel configurations, see below. > Fatal server error: > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't > already running >=20 > I rebooted with the old kernel and everything is back to normal. > Obviously I removed something from the kernel configuration file that I > shouldn't have. Can someone give me a heads up on just what that might > be? Please post the output of 'diff -u oldconfig newconfig', where oldconfig and newconfig are replaced by the paths of the old and new kernel configuration files. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/cKwACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU9pwCeO0toz0e81M4IDTXNMEz6tt7V QiMAnjRHCcfyEthl5ZnHjF96YVz9KUtW =we/y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20080717161748.GA31077>