startxfce4 does not work

[mark_alec]

After emerging xfce4 (4.0.6) when I type startxfce4 I get the following error

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/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display  :0.0
xsetroot:   unable to open display   ':0.0'
xrdb:   Connection refused
xrdb:   Can't open display   ':0.0'
which:   no xfce4-session in (/bin:/user/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i386-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.3-/usr/X11R6/bin)
/etc/xfce4/xinitrc:   line 27:   xscreensaver:   command not found 

It continues with errors in gtk and the various components of xfce. I can run startx okay and when I do run startxfce4 I haven't run any X servers. Using the 2004.2 x86 package-cd on a previous installation gave me xfce which ran with startxfce4. I would like any assistance to get this excellent window manager working.

[stahlsau]

STFF!
or do this:
edit startxfce4 and search for

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echo "$0: X server already running on display $DISPLAY"

then change the line below to

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prog=xinit

and youre set.

[mark_alec]

Stalsua, thanks for the quick reply but I had trouble finding the actual point to put prog=xinit.

The part of my /usr/bin/startxfce4 file looks like this

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else
  echo  "$0:  X server already running on display $DISPLAY"
  if  [  -x $HOME /.xfce4/xinitrc  ]; then
         exec /bin/sh $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc  $*
  else
         exec /bin/sh /etc/xfce4/xinitrc  $*

Could you please clarify what this shoud look like. Thanks

[mark_alec]

Is this what it is meant to look like.

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else
  echo  "$0:  X server already running on display $DISPLAY"
  prog=xinit
  if  [  -x $HOME /.xfce4/xinitrc  ]; then
         exec /bin/sh $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc  $*
  else
         exec /bin/sh /etc/xfce4/xinitrc  $*

[placeholder]

More like....

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else
  prog=xinit
  if  [  -x $HOME /.xfce4/xinitrc  ]; then
         exec /bin/sh $HOME/.xfce4/xinitrc  $*
  else
         exec /bin/sh /etc/xfce4/xinitrc  $*

[PT_LAmb]

check this