From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 27 16:30:17 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3A016A400 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE2FB13C4A7 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca) Received: from pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (pd3mr3so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.179]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JE400GZRR5BLN10@l-daemon> for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:29:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml2so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.146]) by pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JE400AYZR54H120@pd3mr3so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:29:35 -0700 (MST) Received: from proven. ([24.85.241.34]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JE400LSMQYE7AB0@l-daemon> for freebsd-x11@freebsd.org; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:25:26 -0700 (MST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by proven. (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l1RGPOix033070 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:25:24 -0800 (PST envelope-from fbsd-ml@scrapper.ca) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:25:24 -0800 From: Norbert Papke In-reply-to: <45E44674.7080206@btinternet.com> To: freebsd-x11 Message-id: <1172593524.32922.6.camel@proven> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-type: text/plain Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <45E44674.7080206@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: Xorg - Server is already active for display 0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:30:18 -0000 On Tue, 2007-27-02 at 14:55 +0000, Rajen Jani (BT Yahoo! Broadband) wrote: > I ran Xorg after a successful make install clean session. I > ran the xfgconfig command and done the all the configuration. > When I try to run Xorg now it gives me the error above. Below is a > short history of what I have done. Any help will be great. > Regards, > Rajen > P.S. When I check the var log it only shows me the same error. > ritm# Xorg > Fatal server error: A few suggestions: * Ensure that you don't have a login manager such as gdm, kdm, wdm, or xdm running. They will start the X server. * make sure you kill any existing X server. "killall -9 Xorg" * start the X server using the "startx" command rather than Xorg * Look in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file for error messages Cheers, -- Norbert.