From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 14 11:48:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07450 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:48:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chmls05.mediaone.net (ne.mediaone.net [24.128.1.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07419 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:48:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sderdau@ne.mediaone.net) Received: from ne.mediaone.net (sderdau.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.122.197]) by chmls05.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA06200; Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:47:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3624F1EB.5E279716@ne.mediaone.net> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:48:11 -0400 From: "Stephen A. Derdau" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mr. Shannon Kurtas" CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help! anyone! References: <00c101bdf797$f1299b00$6e8067cf@clavikal.voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Looks like someone else had a similar situation. I found this @ http://www.freebsd.org/search DONT give up I think you'll find FreeBSD is alot more than you expected ! :-) > Hello, I am having problems getting Xterm to run. When attempting to > start xterm I get the error message "X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't > connect: errno = 2". Then after saying that a few times it says it can't > open the display. I am using the display :0.0, but have also tried :0 > and `hostname`:0.0. I have never been able to run Xterm or any Xwindows > applications. I am using FreeBSD 2.2.2. It looks to me as if you haven't started X yet. Don't start xterm, start 'startx' or 'xinit'. If you haven't set up a window manager, the screen will look a bit funny, but it *will* give you an xterm for free. Look at the man pages X(1), startx(1), and xinit(1). You will also need to choose a window manager--see ctwm(1), fvwm(1), twm(1), and fvwm95-2(1). Some of these may be in the ports collection. Greg www@freebsd.org > Mr. Shannon Kurtas wrote: > > 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... > > # startx > > execve failed for /usr/X11R6/bin/X (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 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2 > giving up. > xinit: Interrupted system call (errno 4): unable to > connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > # > > Hmm....first what does this mean? Second, how do I fix it? > > Thanks in advance, > Wanna-be UNIX guy =op To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message