Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:05:58 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: data <dataklei@home.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Error Message-ID: <20001128210558.B8051@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <001701c059c3$4797cf40$65069d18@cs835768-a.mtth1.on.wave.home.com>; from dataklei@home.com on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 12:14:41AM -0500 References: <001701c059c3$4797cf40$65069d18@cs835768-a.mtth1.on.wave.home.com>
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* data <dataklei@home.com> [001128 21:01] wrote: > >> I got XFree86 installed in FreeBSD4.2 > >> When I try to run "XFree86 -configure" i get the following output/error: > >> XF86EnableIO: failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > >> > >> heres the error in the log: > >> > >> checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (operation not permitted) > >> linear framebuffer access unavailable > >> > >> any idea how to fix this? > >> I have checked the faw and posted questions on newsgroups and > freebsddiary.org and no one seems to know. Please help! > >> thanks, > >> data > > > >Not my expertise, maybe someone else will chip in, but it > >says it's a permissions problem, which would suggest that /dev/mem > >has incorrect permissions or you are not root when you run > >XFree86 -configure" > > > Hey... I have tried everything I know and no one has any idea why I get this > error. > I decided to forward you this email which I sent to the XFree86 dev team (or > whoever xfree86@ goes to). As you can see they didn't know how to fix it. > You guys have any idea? This belongs on -questions. Either run "XFree86 -configure" as root, or if you running it as root and having problems, then make sure you haven't raised the kernel security level. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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