system/3278: X wont start

From: <gwawl(at)gwawl.madb.net>
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 13:01:53 EDT

>Number: 3278
>Category: system
>Synopsis: X won't launch - reports server active
>Confidential: yes
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>Environment:
        

	System      : OpenBSD 3.3
	Architecture: OpenBSD.i386
	Machine     : i386

>Description:

	After X -configure and cp /root/XF86Config.new to /etc/X11/XF86Config attempts to launch X with startx result in an error message.

Here is /var/log/XFree86.0.log

(--) checkDevMem: using aperture driver /dev/xf86
(--) Using wscons driver in pcvt compatibility mode (version 3.32)
(WW) xf86AcquireGART: AGPIOC_ACQUIRE failed (Device busy)
(WW) GARTInit: AGPIOC_INFO failed (Device not configured)

_XSERVTransSocketUNIXCreateListener: ...SocketCreateListener() failed _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: server already running

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

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". Please report problems to xfree86@xfree86.org.

machdep.allowaperture = 2

I have also reported this to xfree86@xfree86.org

>How-To-Repeat:

        See above. This is with the snapshot from May 28 and the snapshot from May 26.

>Fix:

        Not known.

>Release-Note:
Received on Fri May 30 13:25:25 2003