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From: "Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net>
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Subject: Re: Can't configure Xorg of FreeBSD 6.0 STABLE
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Norberto Meijome wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:21:22 -0500
>"Michael D. Norwick" <mnorwick@centurytel.net> wrote:
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>>I built a proper xorg.conf but when trying to 'startx'
>>the xserver bombs with a logged 'xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io
>>for extended I/O'.  I googled one similar problem from a 5.4 install
>>and it suggested building a kernel with 'device io'.  It would seem
>>that GENERIC would have this, though maybe not?  I am using a PCI S3
>>Virge card not the onboard Cirrus video device.  My other logs give
>>no clue as to a device not found.
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>Hi Michael,
>what happens when you run xorgcfg as root?
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The error I stated above - 'xf86EnableIO:  Failed to open /dev/io for
extended I/O'.  I am in the process of making another kernel configured
with only the necessary elements for SMP and networking including
'device io'.  I guess I'll see what happens.

Thank You for your response

Michael