Hi Phil,
Did you check the permissions on the newly installed X?
I believe it should be 755.
Hope this helps
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Bowker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 4:29 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: X, xdm and the dreaded errno 111
>
> 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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