X "server already running"?

[Phil Betts]

Kevin Porter wrote on Monday, November 26, 2007 9:08 AM::

> /tmp/XWin.log says:
> 
> -- START /tmp/XWin.log --
> 
> _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't
> already running
> winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress
> 
> -- END /tmp/XWin.log --
> 
> I suspect a there's a pid file still hanging around for X from the
> previous crashed session? I can't find one, and googling for a
> solution turned up nothing useful.
> 

The file you're looking for is /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

If you'd started X with startxwin.bat or startxwin.sh this would have
been done as a matter of course.

Phil

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