First check that the file you are told to remove is actually there.

Note that files with a '.' at the beginning are like dos/windows hidden
files and you won't see then with just an 'ls' command.

Change to the /tmp directory (cd /tmp)

Type "ls -a" to see all of the files in the current directory.

If the file that X says you need to delete is there then delete it.

Type "rm .X0.....

X creates this file so that it knows that it is running and deletes it when
it exits.  This prevents two copies of X running on the same system.



Kevin
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 09 July 2004 16:27
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [XFree86] startx error

Could someone help with a "startx error  Server not found, remove
tmp/.XO..."
I am using redhat 9, vesa driver and am trying to change my monitor
configuration. The monitor shows only half screen. When I go into
"redhat-config-xfree86" change the monitor dimensions and up the resolution
to 1024 x 768, the instructions are to restart and start x server (startx).
But when I restart, and type startx, I get the above error message. Is there
a solution to this? Is there another way to start the server aside from
"startx"? 

Thanks for any help, I have been working on this for a while. Please give
the details, I am new to linux.




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