ISC X11 startup error, Unable to open X Streams Device
Jon Diekema
diekema at jdbbs.mi.org
Wed Aug 1 02:31:08 AEST 1990
When starting up X-Windows with xinit, I get the following error messages:
WARNING: Cannot create TCP socket:: No such file or directory
Unable to open X Streams Device: No such file or directory
Fatal server error: X device open failed.
I am having a difficult time trying to determine what the message
"Unable to open X Streams Device: No such file or directory" is telling me.
I had X-Windows running under 2.0.2, but when I upgraded to 2.2
things stopped working.
Configuration:
20 MHz 386 w/ 387, 10 Megs of 32bit memory
ISC UNIX 2.2.0
Software Packages installed (/usr/options/*):
Basic Networking - Version 2.2
Core Base - Version 2.2
CodeWatch - Version 04.12.01B
Wangtek Tape Controller Driver - AT bus only - Version 2.2
File Management - Version 2.2
Kernel Configuration - Version 2.2
LPI NEW C ANSI C compiler - Version 01.08.00B
Programmer's Manual Entries - Version 2.2
Pseudo-TTY Drivers - Version 2.2
Software Development System - Version 2.2
Software Integration Tools - Version 2.2
STREAMS Facilities - Version 2.2
Spell Utilities - Version 2.2
Terminal Utilities - Version 2.2
User's Manual Entries - Version 2.2
VP/ix Environment Core-Version 1.2.0
VP/ix Environment Multi-User DOS-Version 1.2.0
X11 Windowing System: Runtime System - Servers I
Xhrc, Xlvp, Xpgs1, Xpw, Xvga -Version 1.1
X11 Windowing System: Development System-Version 1.1
X11 Windowing System: Runtime System - System Diskette-Version 1.1
X11 Windowing System: Runtime System - Clients-Version 1.1
X configuration (/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig):
keyboard AT 101 0 /dev/console:/dev/vt%02d
mouse LOGI-S "9600 3" 0 /dev/tty00
display VGA "640x480 4 11x8" 0 /dev/console
Serial Port configuration:
COM1: UART 16550, FAS 2.06 driver (/dev/ttyF00 and /dev/ttyFM00)
COM2: UART 8250, Stock ASY driver (/dev/acu00 and /dev/tty00)
Note: The serial mouse, a LOGITECH C7, is on COM2:
Kernel Configuration:
Note: The default parameters were setup for a 8 Meg machine
File /etc/conf/cf.d/sdevice:
aha1540 N 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
asy Y 1 7 1 3 2f8 2ff 0 0
athd Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
clone Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cpyrt Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cram Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
db Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dos Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
dsk Y 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
du N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
fas Y 1 7 1 4 3f8 3ff 0 0
fd Y 1 4 2 6 3f0 3f7 0 0
fp Y 1 1 1 13 0 0 0 0
gendev Y 4 5 1 14 0 0 0 0
gentty Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
gramd N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ipc Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
kd Y 1 6 2 1 60 62 0 0
kd Y 1 6 2 1 64 64 0 0
ld0 N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ldterm Y 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
log Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
lp Y 1 3 1 7 378 37f 0 0
mcesdi N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mcst N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
mem Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
msg Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
nmi Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ntty N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
osm Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
prf Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ptem Y 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ptm Y 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pts Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ptx Y 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
pty Y 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rcvry N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
rtc Y 1 5 1 8 0 0 0 0
s52k N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sem Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
shm Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
skd N 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
sl N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
socket Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sp Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
sxt Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tape N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tcp N 256 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
timod Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tirdwr Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
tmc8x0 N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
vdi Y 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
vna N 1 6 2 12 240 24f 0 0
vx Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
weitek N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
wt Y 1 5 1 5 300 301 0 0
xsd Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xsem Y 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xt N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
xw N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
My first guesss at the problem, was that the streams configuration
was too small. So, in a shotgun attempt I increased all the
streams sizes. This didn't improved the situation.
File /etc/conf/cf.d/stune:
*ident "@(#)stune 2.5 - 89/10/11"
*
* General Kernel Parameters
NBUF 1000
NINODE 600
NS5INODE 600
NFILE 600
NPROC 120
NREGION 500
NCLIST 260
MAXUP 40
NHBUF 256
NAUTOUP 20
SHLBMAX 12
ULIMIT 12288
* STREAMS Parameters ----------------
NQUEUE 192
NSTREAM 64
MAXSEPGCNT 4
NBLK4096 4
NBLK2048 32
NBLK1024 32
NBLK512 16
NBLK256 16
NBLK128 16
NBLK64 64
NBLK16 64
NBLK4 64
Listing of the /dev directory:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 160 Apr 12 12:13 SA
crw-rw---- 1 uucp uucp 3, 32 Jun 30 02:37 acu00
crw------- 2 root sys 8, 0 Mar 28 14:19 clock
crw--w--w- 4 root other 5, 0 Jul 31 12:26 console
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 18, 0 Mar 28 14:19 cram
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 1872 Apr 12 12:13 dsk
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1,128 Mar 28 14:19 fd0
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 96 Mar 28 14:19 fd0135ds9
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 16 Mar 28 14:19 fd048
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 32 Mar 28 14:19 fd048ds8
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 16 Mar 28 14:19 fd048ds9
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 fd096
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 fd096ds15
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1,129 Mar 28 14:19 fd1
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 97 Mar 28 14:19 fd1135ds9
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 17 Mar 28 14:19 fd148
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 33 Mar 28 14:19 fd148ds8
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 17 Mar 28 14:19 fd148ds9
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 fd196
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 fd196ds15
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 0 Mar 28 14:19 hd00
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 3 Mar 28 14:19 hd01
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 4 Mar 28 14:19 hd02
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 5 Mar 28 14:19 hd03
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 6 Mar 28 14:19 hd04
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 16 Mar 28 14:19 hd10
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 17 Mar 28 14:19 hd11
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 18 Mar 28 14:19 hd12
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 21 Mar 28 14:19 hd13
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 22 Mar 28 14:19 hd14
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 install
brw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 install1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 17, 1 Jul 20 07:01 klog
cr--r----- 1 sys sys 2, 1 Mar 28 14:19 kmem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 11, 12 Jul 20 07:01 log
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 7, 1 Jul 20 07:01 lp
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 7, 0 Jul 20 07:01 lp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 7, 1 Jul 23 20:46 lp1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 7, 2 Jul 20 07:01 lp2
cr--r----- 1 root sys 2, 0 Mar 28 14:19 mem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 0 Jul 20 07:01 ntape
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 2, 2 Jul 31 11:46 null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 17, 0 Jul 20 07:01 osm
crw-r----- 1 root sys 2, 3 Feb 1 1990 pmem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 6, 0 Jul 20 07:01 prf
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 11, 15 Jul 20 07:01 ptmx
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 0 Jul 20 07:01 pts000
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 1 Jul 20 07:01 pts001
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 2 Jul 20 07:01 pts002
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 3 Jul 20 07:01 pts003
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 4 Jul 20 07:01 pts004
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 5 Jul 20 07:01 pts005
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 6 Jul 20 07:01 pts006
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 7 Jul 20 07:01 pts007
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 8 Jul 20 07:01 pts008
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 9 Jul 20 07:01 pts009
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 10 Jul 20 07:01 pts010
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 11 Jul 20 07:01 pts011
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 12 Jul 20 07:01 pts012
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 13 Jul 20 07:01 pts013
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 14 Jul 20 07:01 pts014
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 19, 15 Jul 20 07:01 pts015
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 0 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 1 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 2 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 3 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 4 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 5 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 6 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 7 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp7
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 8 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp8
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 9 Jul 20 07:01 ptyp9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 10 Jul 20 07:01 ptypa
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 11 Jul 20 07:01 ptypb
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 12 Jul 20 07:01 ptypc
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 13 Jul 20 07:01 ptypd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 14 Jul 20 07:01 ptype
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 9, 15 Jul 20 07:01 ptypf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 176 Jul 20 07:01 rSA
drwxr-xr-x 2 root other 1872 Apr 12 12:26 rdsk
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1,128 Mar 28 14:19 rfd0
crw-rw-rw- 4 root sys 1, 96 Mar 28 14:19 rfd0135ds9
crw-rw-rw- 5 root sys 1, 16 Mar 28 14:19 rfd048
crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 1, 32 Mar 28 14:19 rfd048ds8
crw-rw-rw- 5 root sys 1, 16 Mar 28 14:19 rfd048ds9
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 rfd096
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 rfd096ds15
crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 1,129 Mar 28 14:19 rfd1
crw-rw-rw- 4 root sys 1, 97 Mar 28 14:19 rfd1135ds9
crw-rw-rw- 5 root sys 1, 17 Mar 28 14:19 rfd148
crw-rw-rw- 3 root sys 1, 33 Mar 28 14:19 rfd148ds8
crw-rw-rw- 5 root sys 1, 17 Mar 28 14:19 rfd148ds9
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 rfd196
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 rfd196ds15
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 0 Mar 28 14:19 rhd00
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 3 Mar 28 14:19 rhd01
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 4 Mar 28 14:19 rhd02
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 5 Mar 28 14:19 rhd03
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 6 Mar 28 14:19 rhd04
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 16 Mar 28 14:19 rhd10
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 17 Mar 28 14:19 rhd11
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 18 Mar 28 14:19 rhd12
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 21 Mar 28 14:19 rhd13
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 22 Mar 28 14:19 rhd14
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 0 Mar 28 14:19 rinstall
crw-rw-rw- 6 root sys 1, 1 Mar 28 14:19 rinstall1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 1 Jul 20 07:01 rmt0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 0 Jul 20 07:01 rnmt0
brw------- 1 root sys 0, 1 Jun 30 04:07 root
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 1 Mar 28 14:19 rroot
crw------- 2 root sys 0, 2 Mar 28 14:19 rswap
crw------- 2 root sys 8, 0 Mar 28 14:19 rtc
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 11, 20 Jul 20 07:01 spx
brw-r----- 1 root sys 0, 2 Mar 28 14:19 swap
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 960 Jul 20 07:01 sxt
crw--w--w- 4 root other 5, 0 Jul 31 12:26 syscon
crw--w--w- 4 root other 5, 0 Jul 31 12:26 systty
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 1 Jul 26 21:57 tape
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 16, 0 Jul 14 08:21 tty
crw-rw---- 1 uucp uucp 3, 0 Jul 20 07:01 tty00
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 30, 48 Jul 31 12:27 ttyF00
crw--w--w- 1 root Ulogin 30,208 Jul 31 11:05 ttyFM00
crw-rw---- 1 uucp uucp 3, 16 Jul 20 07:01 ttyd00
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 0 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp0
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 1 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 2 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp2
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 3 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp3
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 4 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp4
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 5 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp5
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 6 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp6
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 7 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp7
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 8 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp8
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 9 Jul 20 07:01 ttyp9
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 10 Jul 20 07:01 ttypa
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 11 Jul 20 07:01 ttypb
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 12 Jul 20 07:01 ttypc
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 13 Jul 20 07:01 ttypd
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 14 Jul 20 07:01 ttype
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 4, 15 Jul 20 07:01 ttypf
crw--w--w- 4 root other 5, 0 Jul 31 12:26 vt00
crw--w--w- 1 root other 5, 32 Jul 31 12:27 vt01
crw--w--w- 1 diekema sysop 5, 64 Jul 31 12:27 vt02
crw--w--w- 1 root mym 5, 96 Jun 30 00:05 vt03
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 5,128 Jul 21 20:39 vt04
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 5,160 Mar 28 14:19 vt05
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 5,192 Mar 28 14:19 vt06
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 5,224 Mar 28 14:19 vt07
crw-rw-rw- 1 root other 5,240 Mar 28 14:19 vtmon
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