as it says in your message u should remove the lock file, do an #rm /mp/.X0-lock remember to do it as root. If it keeps failing try to do #startx -- :2 that will try to run a server in another display On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 04:13:37PM +0000, Claudio Lombardo wrote: > [root@XXX root]# startx > hostname: Unknown host > > > Fatal server error: > Server is already active for display 0 > If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock > and start again. > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > Please report problems to xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [root@XXX root]# > > _________________________________________________________________ > Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: > http://messenger.latam.msn.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86