Is this a custom compiled kernel? Did you compile with support for unix domain sockets? It's required for X to run. You'll also want sysvipc support. Mark. On Sun, 14 Nov 2004, sohan singh chauhan wrote: > hi I am having red hat 9 with kernel version 2.4.20-6,,,i installed kernel 2.6.0 but it is giving a lot of errors and X is not starting up log report is _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/localhost.localdomain:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 _XSERV_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 TransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet/localhost.localdomain:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for local _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for local/localhost.localdomain:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for local _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86