[NTLUG:Discuss] Gnome won't start...

[David Stanaway]

On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 23:22, Fred James wrote:
> (1) "xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session" produced the following error:
>  >>
> -XSERTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> -XSERTransSocketINETCreateListener: server already running
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any Listening sockets - make sure an X server isn't 
> already running
> <<


As the error reports, it sounds like you already have X running (Maybe
xdm, or gdm, I don't know.)

Try this:

xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1

(That will open display 1, the default being 0)

Alternately, you could work out what display manager you are using
(Sounds like gdm maybee, or xdm)


and try something like this (Sorry, I don't know the redhat parlance, so
I am stretching my memory from other peoples problems on mailing lists)

service xdm stop
or
service gdm stop
or
service display-manager stop

depending on how the init scripts are named.

You could have a look at 
ls /etc/rc.d/rc3.d 
and look for something like S99gdm  or S99xdm ... which will give you a
clue.


> probably because Xserver is already running.
> (2) I got XFree86 4.2.0 from "ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/XFree86/4.2.0" 
> and they didn't seem to have an RPM.
> 
> Questions:
> (1) How do you stop the current Xserver?
> (2) Is there an RPM available for XFree86 4.2.0 - I did a "google" on it 
> and didn't turn up anything.
> 
> This is a new machine, and I can re-install without a lot of pain - if I 
> knew what to put back, or alter, after the install of 4.2.0, I could try 
> that too.
> 
> 
> David Stanaway wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2002-04-14 at 18:37, Fred James wrote:
> > 
> >>New machine:
> >>P4-2.0GHz with ATI Radeon 7500 (AGP) video card
> >>Red Hat 7.2
> >>
> >>Installed binaries for XFree86 4.2.0, and can get a graphic login and 
> >>some sort of "desktop" - looks like X-Windows by itself (no Gnome).
> >>
> > 
> > Did you install the binaries from xfree86, or RPM's? 
> > 
> > If you installed them from xfree86, then they may have overwritten some
> > configuration files that start your gnome-session.
> > 
> > Maybe, if you try from the console:
> > 
> > xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session
> > 
> > .. and if that works, make a file: ~/.xinitrc like this:
> > 
> > #! /bin/sh
> > exec /usr/bin/gnome-session
> > 
> > --
> > David Stanaway
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> ...make every program a filter...
> 
> 
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