Hey I just installed slackware 10.1 off a cd and im having a lot of difficulty getting X to run. I did an install of a single cd from linux format. I have a primary partition for / and and extended partition with 2 logical partitions in it, one for the swap and the other for /home. They are formatted in ReiserFS.

Anyway, when i type startx as root the screen goes black and for a split second a small X crosshair cursor thing appears on screen then i get dumped back to the command line with some errors.

They are:
XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer - Unable to open socket for inet6
XSERVTransOpen - Transport open failed for inet/(my pc's name):0
(Another error beginning with XSERV but too long to take down) - Failed to open listener for inett

After that it tells me what kernel in using and what version of X then just the regular command prompt.

If anyone could help i'd appreciate it. I had Suse installed before and never had any trouble with X.

Thanks,
NNP.

I don't know what that error is but have you tried starting X as root to see if you have a permissions problem.
Have you run xf86config or xorgconfig again to reconfigure X differently. Like lowering the resolution or bits per pixel.
When X starts then kicks you back to shell I would think it is a X config problem. Unless you have something missing from X.

Here's a full version of Slack.
http://linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=17

Post as root;and post your /etc/fstab may be something there.