Re: X->XX->X problem

[Thomas O'Dowd <tom@example.com>]

Quick one. Did something remove /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 ?

Tom.

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 06:01:06PM +0900, Viktor Pavlenko wrote:
> I just showed a colleague how great linux is by starting a second
> X server (with startx -- :1); it came out at F9 for some reason;
> if I pressed F8 the screen would blink and switch to F7 again.
> 
> Anyway, I killed the second X, and now strange things start happening
> with the first one:
> 
> $ xterm&
> [2] 5226
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0
> [2]+  Exit 1                  xterm
> 
> $ xhost +
> Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
> xhost:  unable to open display ":0"
> 
> Anything I can try brefore restarting X?
> 
> (this may be relevant: I have Matrox card (chipset mgag400),
> driver mga_hal_drv.o and run X on double screen)
> 
> Thanks
> Viktor
> 
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