Date: 17 Sep 2004 16:24:11 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: digish reshamwala <reshamwa@usc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFree86-4 config issue Message-ID: <441xh03aqc.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <fe8a6f0aa66f.414aa585@usc.edu> References: <fe8a6f0aa66f.414aa585@usc.edu>
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digish reshamwala <reshamwa@usc.edu> writes: > I installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 using by creating my own installation CD from the > freeBSD5.2.1_disc1.iso image from the main ftp site for i386 system. > > Now, I am having trouble configuring XFree86-4, and: > > After building the X11 by using following commands- as root user > > # cd /usr/ports/x11/XFree86-4 > # make install clean > > When I tried to configure it using: > > # XFree86 -configure > > It gives me following error message- (i.e the XFree86.0.log file exculding > comments) > > " > Fatal Server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended io > " Looks like you're running at a raised securelevel. If so, that would explain it; you can't open an X server in a raised securelevel (it is left as an exercise to the reader to explain why raw access to system memory and configuration registers are not considered compatible with raised security levels).
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