From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 16:17:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4F21065673 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:17:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 731358FC14 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:17:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6HGHmUs006033; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:17:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7229BBAA1; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:17:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:17:48 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Rem P Roberti Message-ID: <20080717161748.GA31077@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080717155053.GA1054@remdog.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="nFreZHaLTZJo0R7j" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080717155053.GA1054@remdog.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Subject: Re: X won't play X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:17:53 -0000 --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--