From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 14 11:40:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA06817 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:40:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA06802 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:40:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.8/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA12395; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:36:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA06133; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 15:18:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) id OAA01249; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:39:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:39:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199810141839.OAA01249@lakes.dignus.com> To: clavikal@voicenet.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help! X problem! In-Reply-To: <004501bdf79d$b3a800e0$6e8067cf@clavikal.voicenet.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Hi! > Ok, after some serious frustration, I got 2.2.7 installed ( had to = > switch CD-ROM drive's cause my 32x wasn't compatible ). I installed = > using the "X User" setting. I configured X Windows like it told me to. = > So after all that I finally get to UNIX. I type in "startx" and I get = > this mumbo jumbo... > =20 > # startx > =20 > execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (errno 2) > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno =3D 2 > giving up. > xinit: Interrupted system call (errno 4): unable to connect = > to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > # > =20 > Hmm....first what does this mean? Second, how do I fix it? > > Thanks in advance, > Wanna-be UNIX guy =3Dop > Errno #2 is ENOENT - no such file or directory. It loooks like you haven't got: /usr/X11R6/bin/X which is a symbolic link to the X server for your machine. It's set up after when you set up X11. The other messages are saying that some process (likely your window manager) couldn't find a server. That's because one wasn't running because of the first problem. It looks like you don't actually have X11 running. Did you run XF86Setup? - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message