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Date:      Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:00:26 -0700
From:      Chip <chip@wiegand.org>
To:        The Psychotic Viper <psyv@sec-it.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: error on startx
Message-ID:  <01102121002620.96094@chip.wiegand.org>
In-Reply-To: <20011022021724.S26647-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx>
References:  <20011022021724.S26647-100000@lucifer.fuzion.ath.cx>

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On Sunday 21 October 2001 17:19, The Psychotic Viper wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Chip wrote:
> > fatal server error -
> > XF86OpenConsole: KDENABIO failed (Operation not permitted)
>
> By any chance are you running kernel securelevels?Im guessing you are and
> X wont run in any secure level > 0, you would need 'kern_securelevel="-1"'
> in your /etc/rc.conf to run X.Change that and give it a go.
>
> HTH,
> PsyV

That was it - I had it set to boot up to securelevel=2. Changed it to -1 and 
X works fine now, but what am I missing by making this change?
 
--
Chip W.

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