x-server

[tanzeel]

I am having problems to start the x-server.when i type the command startx i get the message Fatal server error:server already running.when i type the command ps -a | grep x i dont get any message.please help i am a newbbie

[bigtomrodney]

Try

ps aux | grep -i x

This give more information in ps, and the 'i' switch in grep makes it case insensitive. You can then kill x by getting the PID from the results, and running

killall <pid of X>