Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:21:28 -0500 From: Gerard Samuel <fbsd-questions@trini0.org> To: Nelis Lamprecht <nlamprecht@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /dev/io problem in 5.3 Message-ID: <41936758.6010001@trini0.org> In-Reply-To: <7cbadc87041110231912ca41a8@mail.gmail.com> References: <20041111041427.GA48575@keyslapper.org> <4192E923.40509@trini0.org> <7cbadc87041110231912ca41a8@mail.gmail.com>
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Nelis Lamprecht wrote: >On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:59 -0500, Gerard Samuel ><fbsd-questions@trini0.org> wrote: > > >>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. >> >> >> > >Out of curiosity does 5.3 have this in the Generic kernel ? I don't >have a copy installed yet to check but if it doesn't then it certainly >should IMO. I've seen this problem reported a few times already. > Yes its part of the 5.3 GENERIC kernel. Also (I ran into this with X also), you also need device mem if you dont already have it. -- device mem # Memory and kernel memory devices device io # I/O device
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