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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.

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Gary Jennejohn
Home - garyj@muc.de
Work - garyj@fkr.dec.com



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