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Trying to run distribution on X11 for OS X

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Anonymous
2004-04-29
2004-04-30
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2004-04-29

    Hi guys,

    I'm a newbie and I'm just starting to figure things out for the moment.  I downloaded the distribution and I am trying to run it on X11 for OS X, instead of Wmaker or E!, but while trying to run STARTX I get the following message:

    XFree86 Version 4.3.0 / X Window System
    (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
    _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
    _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running

    Fatal server error:
    Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running
       OsVendorFatalError
       AbortDDX
    Quitting XDarwin...

    Is it me being an ignorant newbie, or does it have to do with the X Server problem reported previously on the forum?

    Thanks for your help and hard work!

    Nicols.

     
    • Yves de Champlain

      it looks like you already have X11 runnning

      try ps -ax | grep X

      to verify that, if it is the case, do kill -9 pid where pid is the process id number of X11

       

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