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From: ian@hewey.UUCP (Ian Hogg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problems with HP server of X11 R4.
Message-ID: <9005311506.AA04137@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 31 May 90 15:04:22 GMT
References: <100920221@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
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> > I have a problem in getting the server ( hpX as supplied by X-consortuim )
> > to startup. It gives me the following error & exits :
> > 
> >   Binding unix socket : no such file or directory .
> 
> Make sure you have a writable /usr/spool/sockets directory so X and the 
> Graphics Resource Manager Daemon can create a socket for communications.
> You'll also need a writable /usr/spool/sockets/X11 directory.
> 
> drwxrwxrwx   5 bin      bin         1024 Aug 26  1989 /usr/spool/sockets
> 
> 

Make sure "/usr/spool/sockets" is a CDF if you are running HP diskless nodes.
I had a problem where the installation stuff (on HP-UX 6.5) did not make
"/usr/spool/sockets" a CDF. Clients (especially window managers) tended to die
whenever clients were started on other machines in the diskless cluster.


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