I Cannot Start the X Server

[Jon TURNEY]

Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> From ProcMon it looks like /tmp/.tX0-lock is being deleted before it 
>> is moved.
>>
>> Specifically, it is being opened with options: Synchronous IO 
>> Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Delete On Close
>>
>> The file is then closed and re-opened and the re-open fails because it 
>> no longer exists.
> 
> Thanks for the information.
> 
> As you can see from LockServer() function in 
> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/tree/os/utils.c, the sequence of
> actions should be
> 
> open(tmp)
> write()
> close()
> link(tmp,lock)
> unlink(tmp)
> 
> and the failure seems to be that the link() doesn't succeed.  So having 
> the file "delete-on-close" does explain what is seen.
> 
> Any insight into why "delete-on-close" is being requested?

Actually, looking into this a bit more, 'delete-on-close' is used for the 
unlink operation, so I'm not sure what to make of what you are telling me.

Is there any chance you could provide the relevant section of the ProcMon 
output, and the output of 'strace Xwin' ?

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