Server is laready active for display 0

LNX-user · 12-29-2011, 04:50 PM

Hi all,

I update madriva and cannot start "startx". When I start display login window and I logged and again login window, so again and again. I went to console and try but get a mesage

"Fatal server error"
Server is already active for display 0
Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key giving up.

xinit: resources temporaraly unavailable (error 3) unable to connect to server

xinit: no such process (error 3): server error.

If any body can help me will be thankful.

Thanks.

LNX-user

eSelix · 12-29-2011, 04:52 PM

From console read the error logs

Code:

cat /home/your_login_here/.xsession-errors"

LNX-user · 12-29-2011, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eSelix

From console read the error logs

Code:

cat /home/your_login_here/.xsession-errors"

Last line message
"$Display is not set or cannot connect to the X server"

"couldnot open display , check shell DISPLAY variable, and export or setenv it!

LNX-user · 12-29-2011, 05:46 PM

"Waiting for x server to shut down"
[user_name@localhost ~]$

LNX-user · 12-29-2011, 05:58 PM

What is "synaptics"?

Cedrik · 12-29-2011, 06:01 PM

Try reboot !
(I am kidding

)

What is your X session manager, gdm, kdm ?
Is it a wrong password login error ?

Maybe check these files permissions just in case: ~/.Xauthority and ~/.ICEauthority
(you could as well delete them and attempt to login again)

eSelix · 12-29-2011, 06:18 PM

And show few more than last line.

"synaptics" is software for touchpad.

LNX-user · 12-29-2011, 08:09 PM

I start once X server by xorg.conf & xorg.conf.old and try again "startx". Now I have I lost all my bookmarks and other setings. I will first finish that all and wil try to restart computer and will see, then let you know.

eSelix · 12-30-2011, 04:02 AM

I don't known how this is done on Mandriva, maybe startx started your root user X session. Did you have opportunity login as normal user after starting X? If not start X server by login manager, for example in Kubuntu it is done by

Code:

service kdm start

for GNOME it will be

Code:

service gdm start

LNX-user · 12-30-2011, 06:51 AM

kdm srvice and gdm srvice are unknown to mandriva.

I have the following warning and error,

WARNING: intel:No matching device section for instance (BusID OCI:0:2:1) found

ERROR: intel(0): vm86() syscall generated signal 11
ERROR: No input driver matching 'synaptics'

LNX-user

eSelix · 12-30-2011, 02:42 PM

You have something wrong in your xorg.conf. If you have some new xorg, backup your xorg.conf and remove it from /etc/X11 for testing. New version doesn't need it to start. If not - show it.

For starting kdm, you can check

Code:

/etc/init.d/kdm start

LNX-user · 12-31-2011, 09:41 AM

Is nor not working. Server error 3.

Dear eSelix,
I am thinking to install on new year Ubuntu. Please help me install Ubuntu with clearing complete Mandriva and only ubuntu. Thanks in Advance and happy new year 2012.

eSelix · 12-31-2011, 10:20 AM

If you want to erase everythig from disk, just download CD image, burn it and boot PC from it, during intallation choose installing on whole disk. If not make a backup of important data first. Here you have good installation guide As in Mandriva you probably used KDM, consider installing Kubuntu. I think installation a fresh, newest system is good option, but changing distribution will not magically get rid problems.

Happy New Year.

LNX-user · 01-06-2012, 03:55 PM

Thanks for all. I have now UBUNTU latest version and really I have no problem and working very good and smooth.

Thanks again.