Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 06:22:21 +1000 (EST) From: peter.billam@pjb.com.au To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: 4.8 startx can't open /dev/io (or /dev/mem) Message-ID: <200305162022.GAA03845@jazz-1.trumpet.com.au>
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Greetings. I've just got FreeBSD 4.8 installed, and startx gives me: XFree86 Version 4.3.0 ... (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) ... Fatal Server Error: xf86EnableIO: failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O I'm not actually even using extended I/O; in /etc/X11/XF86Config there is an "Other input device sections" but it's all commented out. The problem persists if I'm root, or if I chmod 666 /dev/io or if I cd /dev ; rm io ; sh MAKEDEV io so it's not permission-related. So then I tried to get XFree86.0.log onto a floppy to transfer it to my working machine, and was surprised to find that cd /var/log ; tar cvf /dev/fd0 XFree86.0.log similarly gives tar: /dev/fd0; Cannot open: Operation not permitted (even though the floppy was _not_ write-protected :-) and yet _reading_ from the floppy (tar tvf /dev/fd0) works fine. So maybe it's not an X thing, but a broad-scale mess-up of /dev ? I tried repartioning and reinstalling, but that changed nothing :-( Surely other 4.8ers must have met this ? Any help gratefully received ... Regards, Peter Billam Peter Billam www.pjb.com.au peter.billam@pjb.com.au (03) 6278 9410 GPO Box 669, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. Original compositions made to be played, and arrangements of Bach, Schubert, Brahms... Special Offer ! Everything Free ! And, soon . . . November at the Carousel !
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