X Windows System not working w/ CentOS 5?

Noaru · 12-25-2009, 01:03 PM

Hello all when I try to run the X Window System (startx) I get this HUGE error:

Code:

[root@kphost cmake-build]# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.4276

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/kphost.tk:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux kphost.tk 2.6.24-vz-hostnoc-4.0.0-i386-libata #1 SMP Wed Dec 3 19:08:12 EST 2008 i686
Build Date: 03 September 2009
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.67.el5
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 25 07:05:08 2009
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

I'm running on HyperVM (using w/ OpenVZ) running CentOS 5. I have no clue how to sort this all out, or really where to start... oO

Also, in addition to the above, there's no config file in the /etc/X11/ directory, and running Xorg -configure I also get...

Code:

[root@kphost ~]# Xorg -configure
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/kphost.tk:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5PAE i686 Red Hat, Inc.
Current Operating System: Linux kphost.tk 2.6.24-vz-hostnoc-4.0.0-i386-libata #1 SMP Wed Dec 3 19:08:12 EST 2008 i686
Build Date: 03 September 2009
Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-48.67.el5
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Dec 25 07:20:21 2009

Fatal server error:
xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or directory)

paulsm4 · 12-25-2009, 01:46 PM

Hi -

I did a bit of Googling. I found several different hits for several completely different platforms ... from several YEARS ago:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...rg-config.html
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Li.../msg01021.html

The "common denominator" in all the Google matches is that the kernel build didn't match the Xlib build.

Centos 5 is a relatively current release.
Your X11 is ancient ( Window System Version 7.1.1, Release Date: 12 May 2006).

Q: Are you using the version of Xlib that came built-in with CentOS?
If not, why not?
Or why not at least download and build a current version of Xlib?

Noaru · 12-25-2009, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulsm4

Hi -

I did a bit of Googling. I found several different hits for several completely different platforms ... from several YEARS ago:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...rg-config.html
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Li.../msg01021.html

The "common denominator" in all the Google matches is that the kernel build didn't match the Xlib build.

Centos 5 is a relatively current release.
Your X11 is ancient ( Window System Version 7.1.1, Release Date: 12 May 2006).

Q: Are you using the version of Xlib that came built-in with CentOS?
If not, why not?
Or why not at least download and build a current version of Xlib?

Well first off, no idea. Second of all, it's an OS Template from a VPS called CentOS 5.1 Host-in-a-box something like that, anyway, what ever is in there is in there, so I'm guessing getting the current release of the X Windows System would be the start, and getting the current version of Xlib? If so, how would I go about doing those? and also the repositories may not be up to date...

paulsm4 · 12-25-2009, 11:39 PM

"CentOS 5.1", as you probably know, is an operating system. A Linux operating system. One of several different varieties (one of several different "distros").

"VPS", or "Virtual Private Server", as you probably also know, is a virtual machine (like Xen or VMWare) with an OS (like CentOS or RedHat) installed on it.

It sounds like somebody screwed up when they created the VM that you're using as your VPS.

If you're paying for this service, yell at them.

Otherwise, if you have control over your VM environment, then just download CentOS and create your own, new, (correctly built!) VM.

Good luck .. PSM

Noaru · 12-26-2009, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulsm4

"CentOS 5.1", as you probably know, is an operating system. A Linux operating system. One of several different varieties (one of several different "distros").

"VPS", or "Virtual Private Server", as you probably also know, is a virtual machine (like Xen or VMWare) with an OS (like CentOS or RedHat) installed on it.

It sounds like somebody screwed up when they created the VM that you're using as your VPS.

If you're paying for this service, yell at them.

Otherwise, if you have control over your VM environment, then just download CentOS and create your own, new, (correctly built!) VM.

Good luck .. PSM

You're definitely right about the fact that they messed up on making the dsitro. It's not the first time xD Then again for $20, getting 3GB RAM, 30 GB HDD, and 300 GB Data Transfer isn't too bad xD