Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 11:05:01 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Two X servers at once Message-ID: <199812311005.LAA15036@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Dec 1998 18:31:05 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812301830010.299-100000@nyc-ny76-28.ix.netcom.com>
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Spike Gronim writes: >When I typed "Xnest :1" it responded with: >_XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed >_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running > >Fatal server error: >Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't >already running > >This is with XFree86 3.3.3 on a 2.2.8-STABLE system. > I had the same problem. You have to start it as root, otherwise it can't create the lock in /tmp. --- Gary Jennejohn Home - garyj@muc.de Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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