Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:06:18 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dochawk@psu.edu Subject: Re: X denied video access; no error message Message-ID: <3A78D2AA.BB55ED1@urx.com> References: <200102010203.f11233900655@fac13.ds.psu.edu>
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"Richard E. Hawkins" wrote: > > I stripped debian off this system today (fed up again :), and > tried to install 4.2. THe installation went smoothly, but I can't > get X running. It seems that even as root it is being denied access > to the video hardware. > > SuperProbe gets the message: > > SuperProbe: KDENABIO failed > SuperProbe: cannot open video > (this doesn't change with teh verbose option) > > XF86Setup tries to start X, and pops up a box with "Unable to > start Xserver!" but leaves no .xerrors file (or anything else). > > THis is 3.3, though I originally asked for 4.0 (it couldn't register > the server package, and failed during build of the server package > when I tried from ports). > > I am running as root. I've reinstalled a couple of times, and > before the last, I deleted /usr/X11R6/*. > > I've also tried installing "seejpeg", but it cannot get access > to the video, either, whether as a user or root. > > I've tried changing the security to all levels, and the problem persists. > > Last summer, this machine was running 4.0 without a problem. I'm > getting desparate! > > please cc me with replies; majordomo isn't talking back to me either :( Since you aren't seeing the other messages that just popped up in front of yours, if you have kernel security enabled, turn off kern_securelevel and see if your problem goes away. Kent > > hawk, the x-less > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://kstewart.urx.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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