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Re: Problem with starting Xwindows

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From: Seth
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 00:00
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Thanks!

Just curious about the error. Anyway, I was frustrated and did a reinstall
and things appear to be fine with Xwindows now. Next time I will know why.

Cameron Ratcliffe <labrat@tpg.com.au> wrote in message
news:3789DC07.7B7E852D@tpg.com.au...
> xinit is a script the contains the system parameters for starting x
windows..
> this meansthat you haven't set stuff right.. just run Xconfigurator
thats a
> capitol X
> and choose the right stuff.. startx and if there are any problems go
> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to cancell x before there is any damage.. change the
setting
> and try again.
>
> Seth wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yes, I'm still a knewbie to Linux, but not to networking. Anyway, I get
the
> > following error message after installing RedHat Linux 5.1:
> >
> > execve failed for  /etc/X11/X  (errno 2)
> > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 2
> > giving up.
> > xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X
server
> > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
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