Greg Evans wrote:
> Fredrick,
> 
> Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the 1.4.1 Color X server..
> 
> next question...
> 
> When I try to start X now I get
> 
> mirage# startx
> 
> _XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: mkdir(/tmp/.X11-unix) failed, errno =
> 17
> _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for local
> 
> Fatal server error:
> Failed to establish all listening sockets
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 61
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errono 61): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
> 
> does this tell anyone anything?  Perhaps I installed it incorrectly?

sounds like you have a stale .X11-unix directory (not sure how that would
happen, but you never know...)  try:

/bin/rm -rf /tmp/.X11-unix

and see if that works (may need to do it as root).  then try startx
again.

later.

colin