What do the messages "Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0" mean?
Issue
- Errors like the following are seen for different desktop programs:
gnome-settings-daemon: Fatal IO error 11 (Resource temporarily unavailable) on X server :0.0
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
- xorg-x11-server
- Desktop program
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