Re: Socket Error

On Mon, May 31, 2004 at 12:06:10AM -0500, Andrew Lovitt wrote:
> Hey Yole, I am a linux kinda-newbie, so sorry if this is something I should
> just know, but whenever I try to start up Y i get an error message:
> 
> "Failed to connect to Y Server via Unix domain socket: No such file or
> directory
> Aborted"
> 
> I tried to make edit the config file thinking that was the problem however
> the configuration file that comes with Y-2.1 is different than the one on
> the website, so that might be the problem.  The line relevent is:
> 
> driver/ipc/unix socket=/tmp/.Y-0

This looks right.

> do I have to do something to my network settings in linux?  Like allow
> socket connections etc?

No. 

> Did I not compile my server right?

Maybe ;-)

> Anyone else has this problem?  Thanks for your help.  I look forward to helping with this
> project (once I can get it running so I can test my coding :-) ).

I suppose You're trying to start Y via 'startY', right?
'startY' first starts up Y, takes it's PID and exports the YDISPLAY-Env.
(You can explore this Yourself by taking a brave look into the startY
Shellscript.) Then it starts ~/.ysession or yiterm.
If Y hasn't start for some reason, Applications couldn't connect to Y
and You get this Errormessage.
So the essence of my explanations is: Your Y-Server don't start.
You should take a look into Your syslog (probably /var/log/messages or
/var/log/syslog) and find out _why_ Y won't start.

But maybe You just try to start Y on SDL without X running.

> bcseiny

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