Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:14:41 -0500 From: "data" <dataklei@home.com> To: <hackers@freebsd.org> Cc: <hacker@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: Error Message-ID: <001701c059c3$4797cf40$65069d18@cs835768-a.mtth1.on.wave.home.com>
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Hey... I have tried everything I know and no one has any idea why I get this error. I decided to forward you this email which I sent to the XFree86 dev team (or whoever xfree86@ goes to). As you can see they didn't know how to fix it. You guys have any idea? Thanks in advance. -data- -----Original Message----- From: Joe Gibson <gibsonjw@earthlink.net> To: data <dataklei@home.com> Cc: XFree86@xfree86.org <XFree86@xfree86.org> Date: Sunday, November 26, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Error >> data wrote: >> >> I got XFree86 installed in FreeBSD4.2 >> When I try to run "XFree86 -configure" i get the following output/error: >> XF86EnableIO: failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O >> >> heres the error in the log: >> >> checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (operation not permitted) >> linear framebuffer access unavailable >> >> any idea how to fix this? >> I have checked the faw and posted questions on newsgroups and freebsddiary.org and no one seems to know. Please help! >> thanks, >> data > >Not my expertise, maybe someone else will chip in, but it >says it's a permissions problem, which would suggest that /dev/mem >has incorrect permissions or you are not root when you run >XFree86 -configure" > >YMMV > >-- >* Joseph W. Gibson Lead Software Engineer * >* "Surf the Wave of Chaos" * >* gibsonjw@earthlink.net C/Unix/X * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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