This did it - added Console to the file and it works fine. Thanks. Michael
--- Serge Rey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:28:14AM -0700, Michael > Dickey wrote: > > I posted this to debian-user because I don't think > > it's laptop specific, but have no response - maybe > > someone here can help... I'm running potato on a > Dell > > Latitude CPi D266XT > > > > After upgrading to 2.2r3 I found that X would only > > start in 800x600 mode. I tried running XF86Setup > again > > (maybe not the right way to go about fixing this?) > and > > successfully got all the way through the setup > until > > it started the Xserver with 1024x768 resolution > and > > saved the config file. I then tried startx, and it > > didn't. What I got was: > > > > X: cannot read security setting from > /etc/X11/Xserver > > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = > 111 > > giving up. > > xinit: Connection refused (erron 111): unable to > > connect to X server > > xinit: No such process (erron 3): Server error > > > > /etc/X11/Xserver only has one entry - for the SVGA > > server. > > > > I tried as root with the same errors. Booting into > > Win2K gives me no problems. > > > michael, > > you might want to look at the following post: > > http://www.csclub.stthomas.edu/~bugtraq/1998/msg00305.html > > as it speaks about a configuration file that lists > who has permission to > connect to the Xserver. the error message you got is > contained in the > source code towards the bottom of that listing. > dunno if this is exactly > the source of your problem, but it might help (i > hope). > > s. > -- > Sergio J. Rey http://typhoon.sdsu.edu/rey.html > Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he > should be drawn and > quoted. > - Fred Allen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/
