X server failed to start, "fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0"
Issue
- Error message while attempting to start X server:
Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- xorg-x11-server
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