Very Computer

FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno=111
failed to set default path 'unix:-1'
FATAL server ERROR:
could not open default font 'fixed'

I have had this one before on Redhat workstations but never have had any
luck fixing it. I always ended up reinstalling before.

Now it has happend to a secure web server and I really do not want to
re-install.
The odd thing is I did nothing to this machine yesterday to speak of. I
came in this morning and X will not start .

Any body with experience on this one?

Thanks,
Tom
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
system specs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RedHat 6.2
Matrox Melleniuim card

Made no changes from yesterday so I doubt it's hardware configuration
I have had this same error on a variety of hardware before.

Quote: Tom  writes:

 > I have had this one before on Redhat workstations but never have
 > had any luck fixing it. I always ended up reinstalling before.

 > Now it has happend to a secure web server and I really do not want
 > to re-install.  The odd thing is I did nothing to this machine
 > yesterday to speak of. I came in this morning and X will not start
 > .

 > Any body with experience on this one?

Not exactly, but sometimes strange things happen when /tmp fills up.
Is that the problem?

Reid

Quote:> Tom  writes:

>  > I need help badly on this one.  FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't
>  > connect: errno=111 failed to set default path 'unix:-1' FATAL
>  > server ERROR: could not open default font 'fixed'

>  > I have had this one before on Redhat workstations but never have
>  > had any luck fixing it. I always ended up reinstalling before.

>  > Now it has happend to a secure web server and I really do not want
>  > to re-install.  The odd thing is I did nothing to this machine
>  > yesterday to speak of. I came in this morning and X will not start
>  > .

>  > Any body with experience on this one?

> Not exactly, but sometimes strange things happen when /tmp fills up.
> Is that the problem?

> Reid

I am an IDIOT

yesterday while logged in as root I threw some stuff in the TRASH

I filled my miserable little  / partition to the point where X could not
create another thing on it.

I don't know why I did not do a df before now,...... but there you are.

Thanks for your time,

Tom

Quote:> Tom  writes:

>  > I need help badly on this one.  FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't
>  > connect: errno=111 failed to set default path 'unix:-1' FATAL
>  > server ERROR: could not open default font 'fixed'

>  > I have had this one before on Redhat workstations but never have
>  > had any luck fixing it. I always ended up reinstalling before.

>  > Now it has happend to a secure web server and I really do not want
>  > to re-install.  The odd thing is I did nothing to this machine
>  > yesterday to speak of. I came in this morning and X will not start
>  > .

>  > Any body with experience on this one?

> Not exactly, but sometimes strange things happen when /tmp fills up.
> Is that the problem?

> Reid

You could also get you xserver back up by simply reinstating the default font
paths in XF86Config if you are having other problems with your font server.

Quote:> I need help badly on this one.

> FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: can't connect: errno=111 failed to set
> default path 'unix:-1' FATAL server ERROR: could not open default font
> 'fixed'

Restart the xfs server.  XFree 4.x no longer need xfs.

Quote: Tom  writes:

 > yesterday while logged in as root I threw some stuff in the TRASH

 > I filled my miserable little / partition to the point where X could
 > not create another thing on it.

 > I don't know why I did not do a df before now,...... but there you
 > are.

 > Thanks for your time,

 > Tom

Well, glad to hear my shot in the dark was actually correct!  I've
heard other stories about people running out of space on /tmp or /, so
it seemed possible....

Reid

Quote:>  Tom  writes:

>  > Well here is the answer I am an IDIOT

>  > yesterday while logged in as root I threw some stuff in the TRASH

>  > I filled my miserable little / partition to the point where X could
>  > not create another thing on it.

>  > I don't know why I did not do a df before now,...... but there you
>  > are.

>  > Thanks for your time,

>  > Tom

> Well, glad to hear my shot in the dark was actually correct!  I've
> heard other stories about people running out of space on /tmp or /, so
> it seemed possible....

> Reid

# xinit

_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X
server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
#

Quote: amo  writes:

 > # xinit

 > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up.
 > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X
 > server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
 > #

Um, you got me on that one.  That's all it prints?

Reid

Quote:>  amo  writes:

>  > ok, but what about this one?

>  > # xinit

>  > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up.
>  > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X
>  > server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>  > #

> Um, you got me on that one.  That's all it prints?

> Reid

fatal:~# xinit
xinit:  Server error.
fatal:~# xinit

_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.
fatal:~#

 xinit 2> error.txt

and see if that grabs more of it.

--
Hal B

--

My problem is similar but none of the suggestions I've seen have panned
out for me. I upgraded my debian system via apt-get to the potato
packages xfree86-common and xserver-svga and now I get:

'X: server socket directory has suspicious ownership, aborting.'

And then:

_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
giving up.
xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

Where is the server socket directory and what ownership should it have?

--
"Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage."
                -- H. L. Mencken

 /tmp/.X11-unix:
 srwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            0 May 29 12:19 X0=

and tmp itself is:

 drwxrwxrwt    6 root     root        10240 Jun 26 10:22 ./

--
Hal B

--

        Jerry