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From: conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD - X Windows config error
Date: 8 Feb 1997 19:49:11 GMT
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In article <32FCCC7A.6BF4@iserv.net>,
	Bill <wott@iserv.net> writes:
> While installing FreeBSD 2.1.6, when I get to the point of configuring 
> X-Windows I receive an error:
>  "_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect:can't connect error=02"
> This is displayed about a half dozen times, then I'm returned to the
> menu.
> If I try to access the configuration again after all files are copied, I
> get the same error except an "error=61" at the end.
> BSD itself seems to be working OK, but not X.  If I try to start X, I
> get the list of server video options.  I'm not real versed in UNIX, but
> I've had Linux running on this machine, so I don't think its a hardware
> problem.  Any ideas?

Have you set your hostname in /etc/hosts and /etc/sysconfig?

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Conrad Sabatier		http://www.neosoft.com/~conrads