Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!me!flint
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
From: flint@me.utoronto.ca (Kenneth R. Flint)
Subject: xdm error (annoying but not critical)
Message-ID: <1990Jan17.123346.19387@me.toronto.edu>
Keywords: sockets, /tmp, erased
Organization: Mechanical Engineering, University of Toronto
Date: 17 Jan 90 17:33:46 GMT


I have this problem that appears every once in a while when I log onto our
terminal for X windows; I log on through xdm, the screen flashes, and I
am prompted for a login again by xdm.  The second login starts up X11
properly.  While this error is not critical, it is, at times, annoying
(demonstrations and stuff).

The xdm-errors file says:

error (pid 29961): Hung in XOpenDisplay(:0), aborting
error (pid 29961): server open failed for :0, giving up
Error: Can't Open display
Unix domain socket /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 trashed, recreating

It appears to me that whenever cron clears out /tmp, it clears out the
socket mentioned in the errors and xdm can not open the display until
it recreates the socket.

The queston is, should I move the socket to a more stable directory so
this will not occur every time the date expires on the socket in /tmp?
Or should I not worry about it and log in more than once every so often?

I have a VAXstation 3200, running Ultrix 3.1, with a 19 in. colour
monitor.

(Aside question: Has anyone been able to get xfig to compile, as 
provided in the release of X11, Revision 4?)

Thanks,
Ken
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