Issuing `startx' I get the following error: _XSERVTransSocketINETCreateListener: ...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... _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unableto connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Does anyone know what this error is? The box in question is Redhat 6.1 kernel 2.2.12-20. I am using 3.3.6? version of XFree86(whichever came stock with RH 6.1) and the XFCom_Rage128 for my Xpert99 card. All of this was working fine for ~7 months. I have tried upgrading to 4.0, which did not work, and then I removed and reinstalled everything and still I have the same problem. The last time X worked properly was right before some scheduled downtime in our office. I tweaked IPchains and created a startup script for it and netsaint, rebooted a couple of times to make sure the scripts worked and then shutdown the box. My boss rebooted it and, after two days, I came in tried to log in and received this error. I have checked for a lockfile in /tmp and there are none. Nmap shows port 6000 is open and listening. I have Abacus' portsentry running but X had been working correctly with portsentry before this problem occured(my config has not changed and 6000 is not one of the monitored ports). I have configured IPchains and X was working properly with IPchains initially but i think that, given the error messages I am getting, it is the most likely culprit. Does anyone have a sample config for IPchains rules which works successfully with X? What i thought should work was: accept tcp from anywhere to localhost port 6000 I also tried: accept tcp and udp from anywhere to localhost on ports 5999:6003 (do i need a rule for xfs?) I guess the query is two fold: Is IPchains giving me this error? and What is the ideal setup for X ports in IPchains if X is only going to be used from the local machine and if it is going to be availble to anyone? Thanks ____________________________ Mike Neuharth ADCS Technology Specialist http://www.umn.edu/adcs E-Mail : mjn at tc.umn.edu Page Mail : 6123065932 at messaging.sprintpcs.com http://nifty.dsl.visi.com/ ____________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org