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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:34:42 -0500
From:      Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net>
To:        fingers <fingers@fingers.co.za>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: first snag with 5.0 - XFree86 4 (fwd)
Message-ID:  <20030121223442.GA13643@arkadia.nv.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030121204003.N10608-100000@snow.fingers.co.za>
References:  <20030121204003.N10608-100000@snow.fingers.co.za>

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 08:41:27PM +0200, fingers wrote:
> hi
> 
> it's been suggested that i send this to current@. Please let me know what
> info you'd like to carry on debugging this.
> 
> Regards
> 
> --Rob
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:05:34 +0200 (SAST)
> From: fingers <fingers@fingers.co.za>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: first snag with 5.0 - XFree86 4
> 
> howdie
> 
> built X 4 from source or using package I'm getting:
> 
> <snip>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 3 September 2002
>         If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
>         newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
>         reporting problems.  (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-RC i386 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
>          (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
>          (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 21 11:15:10 2003
> (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
> (--) using VT number 9
> 
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O

What are the permissions on /dev/io? What's your securelevel set to
(sysctl kern.securelevel)?

-- 
Ray Kohler <ataraxia@cox.net>
Chism's Law of Completion:
	The amount of time required to complete a government project is
precisely equal to the length of time already spent on it.

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