From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 18 10:40:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA59C37B401 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:40:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01.attbi.com [204.127.202.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EE0E43E4A for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:40:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by sccrmhc01.attbi.com (sccrmhc01) with ESMTP id <2002121818402300100ghakke>; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:40:23 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBIIeMDZ042691; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:40:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBIIeLFi042688; Wed, 18 Dec 2002 13:40:21 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: "Soup4you2" Cc: Subject: Re: X and kern_securelevel References: <62125.66.160.16.51.1036593111.squirrel@localhost.blackmarketbabies.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 18 Dec 2002 13:40:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <62125.66.160.16.51.1036593111.squirrel@localhost.blackmarketbabies.com> Message-ID: <443covrx0q.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 26 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Soup4you2" writes: > Riddle me this batman.. > > Environment > FreeBSD xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE #0: Mon Oct 21 > 17:33:06 EST 2002 xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SOUPX > i386 > > Description > Why is it that if i slap : > kern_securelevel_enable="YES" > kern_securelevel="1" > > inside my rc.conf i am no longer able to start X > i get the following error message > > Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > > where as if i disable kern_securelevel it works fine.. This is covered in the FAQ. The short explanation is that it's a security feature (X writes directly into memory). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message