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Gwindow

Member

Registered: 2008-09-12

Posts: 2

How Do I start XFCE?

I am running Fedora 9. Lost my whole gui, long story. just installed XFCE through "yum groupinstall XFCE" but I dont know how to start it. When I type "startx" in the terminal I get this

xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2871

Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
    If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
    and start again.

What do I do to start xfce? Thank you

mali2297

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-07-30

Posts: 14

Re: How Do I start XFCE?

I don't know about Fedora, but...

Check which processes are running with

ps -e

Can you see something like "X" or "Xorg" running? In that case, check the PID number (first in the row) and type

kill -9 PID

(where "PID" is the number)

If X isn't already running but you still can't start it, try the suggested advice and remove /tmp/.X0-lock, that is

rm /tmp/.X0-lock

as root.

Also, you might try "startxfce4" instead of "startx".

Gwindow

Member

Registered: 2008-09-12

Posts: 2

Re: How Do I start XFCE?

killing "X" worked, but it took me back to the log in screen. and then startx gave me the same error message. however when i removed .X0-lock and then attempted to "startx", I got this error. Also, startxfce4 doesnt work

[root@localhost tmp]# startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.5452
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running

Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running
xinit:  Server error.
[root@localhost tmp]# xinit
_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running

Fatal server error:
Cannot establish any listening sockets - Make sure an X server isn't already running
xinit:  Server error.

mali2297

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-07-30

Posts: 14

Re: How Do I start XFCE?

killing "X" worked, but it took me back to the log in screen.

I understood you as you hadn't any GUI but were stuck in console mode? If you do have graphical login then check the options for a xfce session.

You could also try to start it on another display with

startx -- :1

_Fred_

Member

Registered: 2008-09-27

Posts: 6

Re: How Do I start XFCE?

I start it with startx. If you do it that way I think you need (at least you CAN do this) an xinitrc file :

fred@rwdlsd:~$ cat .xinitrc 
# Start the window manager:
exec devilspie&
exec xfce4-session

Jeeproxx

Member

Registered: 2008-10-18

Posts: 4

Re: How Do I start XFCE?

I've just run into the same problem as you all and am wondering if you ever got resolution to this issue. It's been almost a month so I would assume you figured out something? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks