From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 29 21:35:57 2004 Return-Path: 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 82D4316A4CE for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:35:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp108.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp108.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.170.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D73943D1D for ; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:35:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO ?10.59.4.144?) (wyoming?antelope@205.240.194.166 with plain) by smtp108.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 29 Oct 2004 21:35:57 -0000 Message-ID: <4182B7B7.2080307@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 15:35:51 -0600 From: Lloyd Hayes User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Xorg86 -config error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:35:57 -0000 With 5.3, I was typed: Xorg -configure I got: Fatal server error: xfEnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O This is on an older laptop with an external CD-ROM/Burner/DVD Player connected by USB port. FreeBSD was installed using the external CD drive. (It also has an internal CD drive, but this drive produces scratches and errors on some CDs. I prefer not to use it, except with older CDs.) FreeBSD seems to support my hardware better then any of the Linux distros, but it far harder to understand. -- Lloyd Hayes Email: lloyd545220-trucker@yahoo.com URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590