Help with configuring X Server
Help, I am a Linux newbie, I have gone through a Debian 2.1 installation, installed X Windows (X1186R6) and am now having extreme difficulty configuring and starting an X Server. I go through the graphical XF86Setup program but when I select done and the server trys to start I get an error something like "X11ConnectionUNIX cannot connecterrno 111" Could someone please shed some light on this for me. regards, Paddy. (Linux convert) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with configuring X Server
On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 08:56:37AM +0100, Patrick J Draper wrote: Help, I am a Linux newbie, I have gone through a Debian 2.1 installation, installed X Windows (X1186R6) and am now having extreme difficulty configuring and starting an X Server. I go through the graphical XF86Setup program but when I select done and the server trys to start I get an error something like X11ConnectionUNIX cannot connect errno 111 Could someone please shed some light on this for me. Unfortunately, error number 111 can be given for almost any cause. So it isn't really helpful. When you do XF86Setup, did you test the server? Do you have the correct X server installed (XF86Setup uses VGA16, but the majority of users will use the SVGA server). Anyway, you might tell us your video card for a start and possibly post your ~/.xsession-errors or make a log of the output from the startx command. -- According to MegaHAL: The emu is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace.
Re: Help with configuring X Server
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Patrick J Draper wrote: I go through the graphical XF86Setup program but when I select done and the server trys to start I get an error something like X11ConnectionUNIX cannot connect errno 111 Probably the point to start is to find out your videocard type. There is available even a program, which might find it out. Try a command 'SuperProbe' as 'root' Then you have to know about your screen properties. If you still have got an operating system called 'windblows' (made by m$, a small company, which invented the hard currency of U$) installed in your computer, you can find out all the those details from there. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help with configuring X Server
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Patrick J Draper wrote: I have gone through a Debian 2.1 installation, installed X Windows (X1186R6) and am now having extreme difficulty configuring and starting an X Server. I go through the graphical XF86Setup program but when I select done and the server trys to start I get an error something like X11ConnectionUNIX cannot connect errno 111 I had the same problem long time ago. In my case it was the font server: XF86Config was configured by default to use a font server which wasn't properly installed. So check if you installed xfs and then check if in the file /etc/X11/xfs/config the no-listen-line is commented out! If you change anything of the xfs config you have to restart (/etc/init.d/xfs reload). Frank -- Frank Mehnert ## Dept. of Computer Science, Dresden University of Technology, Germany ## ## E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~fm3 ##
Re: Help with configuring X Server
i usally get a basic x with non-graphical xf86config. i can usaually get x up and running; although, the font size may be too big, so i tighten it up with XF86Setup. (once you have a working x, you shouldn't get the dreaded errno 111. then you should be able to use XF86Setup.) with xf86config, unless you know your monitor specs precisely, try conservative values, e.g. svga, low video ram, etc. i even skip the video card part (for some of my funky lapboxes that have windoze-type (read: no real info) manuals). (i just use whatever the default value is.) ...no flaming for this less than scientific approach. hth. bentley taylor. // Patrick J Draper wrote: Help, I am a Linux newbie, I have gone through a Debian 2.1 installation, installed X Windows (X1186R6) and am now having extreme difficulty configuring and starting an X Server. I go through the graphical XF86Setup program but when I select done and the server trys to start I get an error something like X11ConnectionUNIX cannot connect errno 111 Could someone please shed some light on this for me. regards, Paddy. (Linux convert) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
