Cannot bind to a socket

[prasathc]

Hi Guys
I got a problem like, when i try to reboot a machine
(HP 9000/712/100 11.00 OS) before invoking CDE login screen it's giving a error message like
"grmd: cannot do a bind on the socket" after that it's giving message like "X - server cannot start.". More over i am not able to export display. If i try to export the DISPLAY it's showing a message like "unable to open the display hostname:0.0" eventhough i have put " xhost + ".

can you please help me.

Thanks in advance.
Prasath C

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

This link may help you troubleshoot your problem,

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/cki/bin/doc.pl/sid=6c782a45110050192b/screen=ckiDisplayDocument?docId=200000058694013

Hope this helps.

Regds

[K.Vijayaragavan. · Accepted solution]

Check the folder "socket" under /var/spool.
Folder "/var/spool/socket" should have permission set with "drwxrwxrwx" (every body with read ,write and access permission) and the same is applicable for the file "/var/spool/socket/grmd" file
(ie. srwxrwxrwx)
-vijay