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. If the file that X says you need to delete is there then delete it. Type "rm .X0..... X creates this file so that it knows that it is running and deletes it when it exits. This prevents two copies of X running on the same system. Kevin email: kevin.benstead@xxxxxxxxxx Tel: +44 (0)118 971 5032 -----Original Message----- From: researchstuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:researchstuff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 09 July 2004 16:27 To: xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: startx error Could someone help with a "startx error Server not found, remove tmp/.XO..." I am using redhat 9, vesa driver and am trying to change my monitor configuration. The monitor shows only half screen. When I go into "redhat-config-xfree86" change the monitor dimensions and up the resolution to 1024 x 768, the instructions are to restart and start x server (startx). But when I restart, and type startx, I get the above error message. Is there a solution to this? Is there another way to start the server aside from "startx"? Thanks for any help, I have been working on this for a while. Please give the details, I am new to linux. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86
