From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 18 9: 6:22 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 18 09:06:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dismain.dis-corp.com (dis-corp.com [12.7.76.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C644B37B400 for ; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:06:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from me (ETHANF [172.16.17.112]) by dismain.dis-corp.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id Y97BQK2Q; Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:06:20 -0800 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 09:18:05 -0800 (PST) From: Ethan Furman Sender: ethanf@localhost.FreeBSD.ORG To: Fredrik Gynnhammar Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XFree 4.0.1 problems with /dev/io In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20001216185816.01f48e98@mail12.mail.home.se> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Fredrik Gynnhammar wrote: > I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE and compiled XFree 4.0.1 from > /usr/ports and get this error when i try to run XFree86 -configure: > > XFree86 Version 4.0.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) > Release Date: 1 July 2000 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer > than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting > problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) > Operating System: FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Dec 16 14:48:57 2000 > (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) > (--) using VT number 9 > > Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > > Does anyone know how to fix it ? I recently had problems like that - I had my kernel running in security level 2; after I changed my rc.conf to kern_securelevel_enable="NO" I was able to get X up and running. If there is some other fix for this problem besides that one I would sure be interested in it. -- Ethan Furman Response Line DIS Corporation (http://www.dis-corp.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message