X won't play

[Rem P Roberti]

On 2008.07.17 19:28:49 +0000, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 09:46:09AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> > > > I'm kind of new to this, so would appreciate a hand.  I just got through
> > > > configuring a custom kernel.  Both makebuild and installbuild take place
> > > > with no problems and the kernel boots just like it's supposed to.  But
> > > > when I try to bring up X I get this error message:
> > > > 
> > > > _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> > > > _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> > > 
> > > Maybe you forgot something netowrking related. Please show a diff(1) of
> > > you kernel configurations, see below.
> > > 
> > > > Fatal server error:
> > > > Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> > > > already running
> > > > 
> > > > I rebooted with the old kernel and everything is back to normal.
> > > > Obviously I removed something from the kernel configuration file that I
> > > > shouldn't have.  Can someone give me a heads up on just what that might
> > > > be?
> > > 
> > > Please post the output of 'diff -u oldconfig newconfig', where oldconfig
> > > and newconfig are replaced by the paths of the old and new kernel
> > > configuration files.
> > > 
> 
> Hmm. Nothing suspicious as far as I can see.
> 
> Since it says "server already running" in the original error message, was
> there perhaps a stray hidden lockfile or socket in /tmp/?
> 
I cleaned up the /tmp directory, but the new kernel still refuses to
allow X to boot.  In my original post I failed to include this part of
the error message, which comes at the end:

XIO:  fatal IO error 54 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

As I said earlier, when I unload the new kernel and boot the old one I
have no problem bringing up X.

Rem