X won't play

[Roland Smith]

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.
> > 
> 
> As requested:
> 
> --- /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/REMKERNEL    2008-07-17 00:08:57.000000000
> -0700
> +++ /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC      2008-02-05 19:24:28.000000000
> -0800

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/?

Roland
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