Hi,
I run Red Hat 5.2 on an off the shelf laptop (model Consul) from a UK
mail order company (Pico). The chipset is S3 ViRGE.
Using the SVGA server I had problems initially with the XF86Config file
generated for my machine by XFree version 3.3.2, but this was
eventually resolved by using a hand crafted XF86Config file found on
the web.
However, I was told that XFree version 3.3.3 would be able to support
my system configuration in that it would generate a working XF86Config
file for the SVGA X server.
Finding a copy of 3.3.3 on a magazine CD I thought I'd install it (I
have of course backed up my working X installation!). However, when
booting the machine and attempting to run X manually (ie. via startx) I
have the following error:
waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
This last message is issued repeatedly.
I appreciate that this message in itself says little about the problem,
but as this is occuring at startup there are no other messages to help
explain.
However, I reasoned that the first client to try to connect to the
server would probably be xdm, and, sure enough, in the xdm-errors file
I found:
xdm error (pid xxx): server open failed for :0, giving up
xdm error (pid yyy): Display :0 cannot be opened
xdm error (pid yyy): Display :0 is being disabled
I checked the xdm/Xservers file and it's identical to the equivalent
file in my previous working X installation, namely:
:0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X
I've tried replacing the newly generated XF86Config file with the
working file from my previous installation but this made no difference.
So, the situation appears to be that my X SVGA server has failed to
start and the error messages I am seeing on the console are coming from
the xdm client attempting but failing to connect to the server.
Of course I believe I followed all the necessary steps for the
installation of 3.3.3, but perhaps I did something wrong that is
obvious to more experienced users from the diagnostic info I've given
above.
Befor I try a re-install, or simply revert to my old installation,
could anyone suggest why the server may fail to start up in this way,
and how this problem may be resolved?
Phil Bowker
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