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Date:      Mon, 29 Nov 1999 15:22:39 -0500
From:      John <papalia@UDel.Edu>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problem found (kern.securelevel), but why? (Was: X Error)
Message-ID:  <4.1.19991129152204.00958be0@mail.udel.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199911292001.PAA24993@blackhelicopters.org>
References:  <4.1.19991129145322.00970ee0@mail.udel.edu>

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Got it.  Thanks for the direction, and my apologies for asking a question
that appears to have been previously well beaten :)

Thanks again,
John

>Hello,
>
>Please check the freebsd-questions mailing list archive for several
>long, tedious discussions on this topic.
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/search/
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>==ml
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>> Hi again all...
>> 
>> Well, I found the problem - apparently X can't be run if you have
>> kern.securelevel set above 0 (ie: to 1).  I'm assuming this is normal, but
>> is there a way around it for using X on the console, or no?
>> 
>> Thanks agian!!!
>> --John Papalia
>> 
>> ********************
>> 
>> Hey all....
>> 
>> I started getting this error when executing "startx" since I rebuilt the
>> world (about 1.5-2 wks ago), and since installing KDE.  I never actually
>> went to use KDE - I uninstalled it before trying to use it.  I searched the
>> mailing archives on both freebsd.org and xfree.org, coming up with only one
>> possible answer, resulting in making sure that /etc/fbtab was set up with a
>> line for /dev/ttyv0.  That change didn't help.  Error is as follows.... 
>> 
>> Thanks!!!!
>> --John papalia
>> 
>> XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System
>> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
>> Release Date: August 23 1999
>> Operating System: FreeBSD 3.3-RC i386 [ELF] 
>> Configured drivers:
>>   Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
>> Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
>> (using VT number 10)
>> 
>> XF86Config: /etc/XF86Config
>> 
>> <snip monitor, mouse, and keyboard stuff>
>> 
>> (**) FontPath set to
>> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/m
>> isc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dp
>> i/:u
>> nscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/us
>> r/X1
>> 1R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>> 
>> Fatal server error:
>> xf86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted)
>> 
>> 
>> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
>> the full server output, not just the last messages
>> 
>> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). 
>> 
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