Re: _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect ... Sell me on Linux

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Date: 20 Feb 2004 12:29:44 -0800

Dances with Crows wrote:

"I don't understand what you mean by "download the means of
downloading". You can take any machine with Net access, download the
Knoppix ISO, then use any CD-burning program to make a Knoppix CD from
that ISO. "

Times have changed. Before I picked up the RH & SuSe CDs
-- and for that matter as recently as a year ago --
I did not have a CD burner.

Now I do, and the means of downloading is ... Windows XP.
That's an option, but it is not really a selling point.
Just as part of the current installation was to hand-copy system information
that I knew only because Windows told me.

"You don't want to write an XF86Config file just using vim."

No. But I do already have the bulk of one, evidently flawed,
that can be edited, if I know what I'm looking for.
Granted, I don't, and that's why I am here.

"X always writes a log file matching /var/log/XFree86*.log . Look there
the next time you startx and post the first line that contains (EE) and
the 5 or 6 lines before that."

I looked. No such file(s).

James wrote:

"Take a look at
/tmp, in particular .X11-unix.

The files of interest will be:

drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Nov 11 00:20 /tmp/.X11-unix
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 11 00:20 /tmp/.X11-unix/X0

and first field for .X11-unix should be like the one above. You may
not have a .X11-unix/X0 file, tho."

Again, no such file. No such directory.

Franz wrote::

"Maybe you should consider using the tool xf86config (running it as root).
... it's nice compared to vi.."

Been there, done that, with two different distros. To no avail.

A tool that consistently produces an unusable file does not strike me as nice.
A tool that lets me edit in the correct data anywhere anytime, that's nice.
Now as soon as I get the correct data ...

In general:

Looks like I am being told that I have the wrong distros for the wrong machine.

It also looks as if I needed to make this inquiry two failed installations ago,
as I suspect I've now got Red Hat stuff installed on top of SuSe stuff.
On the earlier attempts, I did get recognizable logs. But I couldn't make
any real sense of them.

Back then, I was attempting a dual-boot installation, and I did not have the
disk space for the full-bore install-everything options. I figured the
blame was in skimping on the installation. Simplify to a Linux-only machine.
Months later, after I had the chance to evacuate everything I wanted from
the Windows side, that's what I did.

Now, I've got even fewer clues.

I might have to come back after I've thoroughly wiped this
installation and started again with one or the other.

Since Matt writes ...

"SuSE 6.1 came with X 3.3.3.1, which
might not even support your graphics chipset!"

... I figure my best bet is the Red Hat.

I'll also look into Knoppix, which I'd have to mail-order
or grab over a dial-in.

Thanks for the responses,

John Campbell

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