Error: "unable to connect to X Server"
Forum: X and Fluxbox
Topic: Error: "unable to connect to X Server"
started by: tscha
Posted by tscha on Jan. 18 2005,10:05
Hi!I think, I did a very stupid thing. I wanted to customize my fluxbox desktop and so I started to play around. By not knowing what I am doing, I tried to get the version of fluxbox with the command:
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| fluxbox |
But my intention was to type this:
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| fluxbox --version |
So I typed the 2nd command, too.
Both lead to the same messages/warnings (but no real errors), but I am sorry, I cant remember them. At least nothing happened. I got feared and rebooted the computer.
So, now here comes the trouble. On startup, while the computer tries to start the X server, I get this:
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xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. |
Some "googling" showed me, that this seems to be a common problem, but I found no real match which addresses my problem. The XServer is definitly installed (/usr/X11R6/), the path to "xinit" is in the $PATH too (... :/usr/X11R6/bin: ...)
So a /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit starts the X Server and I get a black-white-GUI (sorry I cant give you a screenshot). From this point I can start things like nedit again. Now, if I enter "fluxbox" I also get the fluxbox desktop with the common elements, but in the same black-white-style. I get a couple of error messages in the xterm-window (Again sorry, I dont know how to include this here):
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Failed to read: session.tabs Setting to default value . . [snip] . BScreen::BScreen: managing screen 0 using visual 0x21,depth 4 . . [snip] . BScreen::LoadStyle(): couldnt load font '-misc-8x8...' BScreen::parseMenuFile: [stylesdir/stylesmenu] error, '//.fluxbox/styles' does not exist |
I guess that some .foo file is missing or corrupted, right?
Well, it seems I can work awhile though I have this problem, but I want that babytux back again
Oh, and before I forget it: I use DSL 0.49 as an HD-install.
Many thanks for your help in advance!
Cheers
tscha
Posted by Reflected_God on Jan. 18 2005,10:51
Hi all peopleI'm begginer in Linux, and I'm testint DSL linux.... but when I try to boot my PC, I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM: that 2 errors...
I should be much obliged if anybody can explain me how I can repair that.
Thanks
P.D: Sorry about my poor english, I'm spanish
Posted by tscha on Jan. 18 2005,13:30
I dont know how but the problem is solved...It seems that after my mistakes with "fluxbox" and "fluxbox --version" several unclean shutdowns caused the problem. Unclean, because the computer halted and didnt finished until the message "Knoppix halted."
I then did a "shutdown -h now", switched off/on, and my babytux is back, yeah
Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 18 2005,18:51
Good you got it working. I couldn't say what the problem was, but here's some info for you in case something similar happens in the future....If fluxbox is already running and you use the 'fluxbox' command, or use it with an option it doesn't recongnize, it will try to start and fail because fluxbox can't run two instances in the same X display. to get the version, type 'fluxbox -version'. It will display the version and then cleanly quit before attempting to connect to your X session.
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| Failed to read: session.tabs Setting to default value |
This isn't an error. Fluxbox is just telling you that it was expecting to find a 'session.tabs' resource in /home/dsl/.fluxbox/init. It isn't there so it fell back on the default setting.
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| BScreen::BScreen: managing screen 0 using visual 0x21,depth 4 |
This is just information.
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| BScreen::LoadStyle(): couldnt load font '-misc-8x8...' |
Your current style tries to use a font which doesn't exist on your system.
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| BScreen::parseMenuFile: [stylesdir/stylesmenu] error, '//.fluxbox/styles' does not exist |
This doesn't look right. Your /home/dsl/.fluxbox/menu file could be messed up. The stylesdir paths listed in the menu should be:
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles)
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)
It shouldn't be serious, though...Fluxbox should still run.
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| xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. |
This is the only serious thing I could see, although I would have guessed it was a PATH problem (you already mentioned that). It's possible that there was a file (.Xauthority maybe?) which should have been removed but was not because of the unlclean shutdowns.
Posted by Reflected_God on Jan. 18 2005,23:15
I've only burned the ISO image into a CD, and I have boot my PC with it...and then, te fail has appeared :-p.......Y don't know what's fluxbox.....
..Can anybody help me?
Posted by Reflected_God on Jan. 18 2005,23:29
ups... ignore my last post.I've solved the problem
Thanks all
Posted by lee67 on Feb. 10 2005,08:52
I've solved the problem 
i 've the same problem when i boot on my usb key
unable to connect to xserver errno2 and errno3
problem with xauthority
don't know why
i placed all file in bootusb---.img
sorry but very difficult for a beginner to install on usb
anyway many thank's for dsl
Posted by thingamajig on Feb. 18 2005,08:24
Hi,could you tell the rest of us how you managed to solve it? That'd be really great...