Hi

You could try going to the /tmp directory as root and deleting the file 
.X0-lock and try startx again.

Robyn

On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 01:16, Aramis Pena wrote:
> Hello all.
> Im running Linux RH 7.1 with all the original
> software.
> In other words, i have not update anything for now.
> I would like to get X running.
> Everytime i type the cmd: startx
> I get this:
>
> "Fatal server error:
> Server is already active for display 0
> If this server is no longer running, remove
> /tmp/.X0-lock and start again.
>
> When reporting a problem related to a sever crash,
> please send the full server output, not just the last
> msgs.
>
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> giving up.
> xinit: unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error."
>
> Please tell me what's going on.  I"m a newbie at
> linux.
>
>
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