From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 17 18:01:38 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 87C33106566B for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:01:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58AD8FC31 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:01:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6HHSoWD066867; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:28:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id CA3DDBAA3; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:28:49 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:28:49 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Rem P Roberti Message-ID: <20080717172849.GA33118@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <20080717164609.GA1010@remdog.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080717164609.GA1010@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 18:01:38 -0000 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:46:09AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > I'm kind of new to this, so would appreciate a hand. I just got thro= ugh > > > configuring a custom kernel. Both makebuild and installbuild take pl= ace > > > 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 > > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed > > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > >=20 > > Maybe you forgot something netowrking related. Please show a diff(1) of > > you kernel configurations, see below. > >=20 > > > 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 mig= ht > > > be? > >=20 > > 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. > >=20 >=20 > As requested: >=20 > --- /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/REMKERNEL 2008-07-17 00:08:57.000000000 > -0700 > +++ /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC 2008-02-05 19:24:28.000000000 > -0800 Hmm. Nothing suspicious as far as I can see. Since it says "server already running" in the original error message, was there perhaps a stray hidden lockfile or socket in /tmp/? 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) --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkh/gVEACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWYqQCdFqdsGfJ6QBgHaS4BwLLN+6OZ rE8Ani5SlY3inDxOaA8y0J2ScorEweqx =Ifqs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--