From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 00:06:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03B0916A4CE for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:06:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E043A43D2D for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:06:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from [192.168.0.103] (c-24-21-18-195.client.comcast.net[24.21.18.195]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004080200063301300ba6vke>; Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:06:33 +0000 From: Eric Anholt To: Vitalis In-Reply-To: <000a01c47802$22911e20$6cf1dc51@raoulpiton> References: <000a01c47802$22911e20$6cf1dc51@raoulpiton> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1091405192.896.11.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 17:06:32 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Failed to open /dev/io with X.Org X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 00:06:36 -0000 On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 13:00, Vitalis wrote: > Hi, > > I've just upgraded my system to -current. I've also uninstalled > XFree86 and installed X.Org by following the HEADSUP > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-July/032267.html > > Now when I launch startx I get the fatal error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > > I've checked /dev/io and it does not exist. > > I've read it could be caused by my securelevel but it is set to -1. > I've also read that with XFree86 we had to install > /usr/ports/x11/wrapper for that, but what to do with X.Org? This was a momentary issue in -current, and is fixed now. You don't need the wrapper. The Xorg binary comes setuid because that wrapper code is already in the server. -- Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org