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To: Clarence Brown <clabrown@granitepost.com>
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Subject: Re: can't start X Windows
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Are you using kernel security? If you have
'kern_securelevel_enable="YES"', remove that and try again. If
kern_securelevel=1, you can not write to /dev/io. I am not sure about '0'.

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Clarence Brown wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I'm trying to start xwindows on FreeBSD 4.3
> newly installed from CD. The machine is
> an HP NetServer with built in graphics using
> a Cirus GD5446 chip and 2 meg.
> 
> I tried to follow the instructions in the
> handbook, but running XFree86 -configure
> produces the same error as below, it does not
> make a starting config file.
> 
> I tried running xf86config to produce the
> config file, and that works but I still
> get the same error when trying to startx.
> I get the same errors when i select the
> card as Cirus 544x, or 5446 noname, or
> Generic VGA.
> 
> (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted)
> 	linear framebuffer access unavailable
> and
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
> 
> Here is the log:
> 
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