In response to my problem, I received the following. > I have lost the ability to use xdm, run level 5, and would like to know how > to restore it without reinstalling Debian. I can operate in run level 3 as > long as I do not go into graphics. > > This is how it all happened. I downloaded some files using Debian and then > transferred them to Windows because I wanted to save the files on a CD. > After doing this, I tried to go back to Debian and got into run level 2. I > then edited /etc/inittab, which had level 5 and changed it to level 3. > Going into level 3, I tried to use startx, but got the following. > > startx > No such file or directory: cannot stat /temp/.X11-unix, aborting > _X11 TransSocketUNICConnect: Can't connect: error =111 > giving up > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111) : unable to connect to x sever > xinit: No such process (errno 3). Server error Are you typing the error message or copying it? There is no '/temp/.X11-unix' in the standard filesystem. There *is* /tmp. Maybe bad permissions: drwxrwxrwx 12 root root 3072 Oct 10 19:41 /tmp
This is an exact copy of the error message. There are no permission problems with /tmp for I used it. I also have created the directory /temp but with nothing in it. I use it for temporary storage.
