Re: X->XX->X problem

[vp@example.com (Viktor Pavlenko)]

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

Nope.

$ ll /tmp/.X11-unix/X0
srwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 Aug  7 10:37 /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