First check that the file you are told to remove is actually there.
Note that files with a '.' at the beginning are like dos/windows hidden
files and you won't see then with just an 'ls' command.
Change to the /tmp directory (cd /tmp)
Type ls -a to see all of the files in the current directory.
It's a file created when x windows is started. It gives that error message
if you type startx in a terminal while xwindows is running. The file can
also be left in the /tmp directory if xwindows crashes.
If xwindows is not really running and that error is displayed just delete
the file.
rm -f
Keith Tang wrote:
It's a file created when x windows is started. It gives that error message
if you type startx in a terminal while xwindows is running. The file can
also be left in the /tmp directory if xwindows crashes.
If xwindows is not really running and that error is displayed just
Also remember that if a graphical login manager (like xdm, kdm, gdm, wdm and
the like) is being used, the xserver *is* running and you need to kill that
display manager if you want to start X from the command line.
Panther
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 09:52 am, Keith Tang stepped up to the
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