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Date:      Sun, 08 Aug 2004 16:55:36 -0700
From:      Joao Pedras <jpedras@webvolution.net>
To:        T Kellers <timothyk@devel.njit.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: x server breakage?
Message-ID:  <4116BD78.1000909@webvolution.net>
In-Reply-To: <200408071744.46768.timothyk@devel.njit.edu>
References:  <200408072138.i77LcPxJ070334@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200408071744.46768.timothyk@devel.njit.edu>

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Tim,

did you figure this one out? After I added 'io' it started complaining 
about /dev/vga not
being there.

The xserver log error is 'xf86MapVidMem: Could not mmap /dev/vga 
(Invalid argument)

I do have 'device vga' in the kernel.

Thanks!

T Kellers wrote:

>On Saturday 07 August 2004 05:38 pm, David Wolfskill wrote:
>  
>
>>Do you have
>>
>>device          io              # I/O device
>>
>>
>>in your kernel config?  If not, did you read /usr/src/UPDATING?
>>
>>Peace,
>>david
>>    
>>
>
>20040802:
>        making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too unpopular,
>        so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
>
>20040801:
>        The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
>        so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
>        GENERIC for examples.
>
>I thought the note on  20040802 backed out all the changes referenced in the 
>note from 20040801, including /dev/io.  
>
>I'll try putting /dev/io in the kernel.
>
>Thanks
>
>Tim
>
>  
>



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