X Server can not be started

[Paulo Afonso B Azevedo]

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

[Jennifer Young_1]

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

[Jennifer Young_1]

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.

[Bill Hassell]

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).

[Alex Glennie]

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 ?

[Alex Glennie]

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.

[Paulo Afonso B Azevedo]

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

[Ajay Sishodia · Accepted solution]

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.