topic Re: X Server can not be started in Operating System - HP-UX

X Server can not be started

Paulo Afonso B Azevedo — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:08:13 GMT

Hi All

I installed HP-UX 11.0 in X Station model 712/100
but after instalation and cfg network I'm facing with a problem:

The X-server can not be started on
display: 0...

What I need do to solver this problem ?

Thanks

Paulo

Re: X Server can not be started

Jennifer Young_1 — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:18:18 GMT

you can run dr_dt and look for any clues, also make sure you have a mouse hooked up to it.

Re: X Server can not be started

Jennifer Young_1 — Wed, 31 Jan 2001 22:22:50 GMT

you can also try taking it off the network and seeing if it boots into xwindows, if it does then you will want to check your network settings, those workstations dont like to boot into xwindows if the network isnt configd right.

Re: X Server can not be started

Bill Hassell — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 01:24:46 GMT

Xwindows is critically dependent on the network to function correctly. Turn off DNS by renaming /etc/resolv.conf and make sure you have your hostname and IP address plus the loopback address in /etc/hosts.

If that works OK, then DNS probably can't do a reverse lookup (given IP, return hostname). You can test this with nslookup by doing:

nslookup my_IP_address IP_address_of_DNS

nslookup may also complain if the DNS server doesn't know it's own name (far too common and should be fixed in the DNS server).

Re: X Server can not be started

Alex Glennie — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 09:45:10 GMT

Or try to generate a more informative error :

either check /var/dt/Xerrors or ...

/sbin/init 2
/usr/bin/X11/X :0 what do you see / errors ?

Re: X Server can not be started

Alex Glennie — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:14:16 GMT

NEARLY FORGOT : check the obvious =>

check /usr/dt/config/Xservers has the Xserver line uncommented !!!!

should read : * Local local@console ..... etc

This file tells the Xserver to start locally .... by default 9000 servers will have this commented out as they normally don't have a graphics monitor/ access to a local bitmapped display to start the Xserver on.

Re: X Server can not be started

Paulo Afonso B Azevedo — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 16:53:47 GMT

Hi all

I try all things

but the problem is not solved

the network is ok,

The error now is :

Couldn't open X pointer device!

and
on /var/dt/Xserver I have the error log:
Couldn't open X pointer device!
Is one attached ?
XIO: fatal IO error 232

thanks a lot

Re: X Server can not be started

Ajay Sishodia — Thu, 01 Feb 2001 17:45:46 GMT

Hi

shutdown the workstation, disconnect and than connect mouse and keyboard again. Turn the system on. Sounds simple but I have had this problem many times.