[comp.unix.i386] ISC X11 startup error, Unable to open X Streams Device

diekema@jdbbs.mi.org (Jon Diekema) (07/31/90)

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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