Hi,
you may want to look at the log /var/log/XFree86.0.log
and for your next attempt redirect it to a file (I
find that more practical) by typing startx 2>logfile
Knowing what the error message says would beusefull
for anyone wanting to help you...
cheers
Lionel
--- Slobodan Halavania <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> On my Mandrake 8.0, I just have installed Xfree86
> 4.1.0 and Kde2.2.
> Only problem that I have is that I can't startup any
> of those.When I do 'X'
> or 'startx' command everything scrolls over screen
> like it will startup and
> then screen goes blank and that's it. Can't kill it
> anyhow but I have too
> restart my system. When I do 'startkde' I do get
> following on my screen:
>
> xsetroot: unable to open display ''
> xmodmap: unable to open display ''
> xmodmap: unable to open display ''
> xset: unable to open display ""
> ksplash: cannot connect to X server
> Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
> Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
> ERROR: KUniqueApplication: Pipe closed unexpected.
> ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
> connect() failed: : No such file or directory
>
> Does anybody know what am I doing wrong and what
> should I do to fix that.
> Is there any documentation how to configure Xfree86
> 4.1.0 and what is the
> stratup sequence of it. Like what files it uses to
> start and configure X.
>
> Regards,
>
> Slobodan
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