From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Nov 11 04:22:59 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 2028816A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:22:59 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEF5743D45
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:22:58 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from fbsd-questions@trini0.org)
Received: from hivemind.trini0.org (trini0.org[65.34.205.195])
          by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP
          id <2004111104225501200rdh63e>; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:22:55 +0000
Received: from [192.168.0.16] (gladiator.trini0.org [192.168.0.16])
	by hivemind.trini0.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DC2A1A2
	for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>;
	Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:55 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <4192E923.40509@trini0.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:59 -0500
From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org>
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041015)
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
References: <20041111041427.GA48575@keyslapper.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041111041427.GA48575@keyslapper.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: /dev/io problem in 5.3
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 04:22:59 -0000

Louis LeBlanc wrote:

>Just got through buildworld/kernel on 5.3.  Strange problem I can't
>find the solution to.
>
>Xorg won't start:
>
>Fatal server error:
>xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
>
>Please consult the The x.org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.org
>for help.
>Yada Yada Yada.
>
>Only one hit on Google, and it's just a bug report.  Anyone else have
>any ideas?  I know /dev/is supposed to be more dynamic in 5.3, but
>this isn't working.
>
Make sure your kernel has "device   io".
X needs it in 5.3.