When I ran xorgconfig I did so from SSH from my laptop to the slackware machine. I had two ssh windows open. I types startx in the other remot window and got this error. I also heard my monitor make that cring sound
This program will create a basic xorg.conf file, based on menu selections you
make.
The xorg.conf file usually resides in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11 or /etc/X11. A sample
xorg.conf file is supplied with Xorg; it is configured for a standard
VGA card and monitor with 640x480 resolution. This program will ask for a
pathname when it is ready to write the file.
You can either take the sample xorg.conf as a base and edit it for your
configuration, or let this program produce a base xorg.conf file for your
configuration and fine-tune it.
Before continuing with this program, make sure you know what video card
you have, and preferably also the chipset it uses and the amount of video
memory on your video card. SuperProbe may be able to help with this.
Press enter to continue, or ctrl-c to abort.
root@slackware:/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit# startx
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/slackware:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6
X Window System Version 6.8.1
Release Date: 17 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.29 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux slackware 2.4.29 #6 Thu Jan 20 16:30:37 PST 2005 i686
Build Date: 23 January 2005
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: Sun May 1 22:03:22 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse
No such device.
(EE) Mouse1: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse1"
No core pointer
Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at
http://wiki.X.Org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
*** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
*** be the reason for the server aborting.
FatalError re-entered, aborting
Caught signal 11. Server aborting
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.