Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:57:18 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> Cc: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: amd64/87898: Failt to init X: can't open device/io Message-ID: <435CE83E.8070402@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <200510240520.j9O5KH6j006068@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200510240520.j9O5KH6j006068@freefall.freebsd.org>
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I think that we should revert to making the mem and io devices present by default in the kernel. People are constantly tripping over the current scheme. We can define a kernel option (i.e. NO_IO_DEVICE) for those who specifically want to exclude it. Scott Eric Anholt wrote: > The following reply was made to PR amd64/87898; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Eric Anholt <eta@lclark.edu> > To: Chunwei Han <cwhann@gmail.com> > Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: amd64/87898: Failt to init X: can't open device/io > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:16:33 -0700 > > --=-/yi0xpXgnCPhe8rVkQA7 > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > If you've been following -current, please follow /usr/src/UPDATING and > add "device io" And "device mem" to your kernel config. > > If you've set securelevel (sysctl kern.securelevel) to a level higher > than the default -1, please do not set it, as it's mutually exclusive > with running an X Server. > > --=20 > Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu > http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org > > --=-/yi0xpXgnCPhe8rVkQA7 > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc > Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQBDXG4xHUdvYGzw6vcRAoDuAKCYv/vcOyQ22A74TaqcdYPYSUlmcgCdEYdQ > RJLHgnt6X1rHnEPi63Gcwi8= > =lAvr > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --=-/yi0xpXgnCPhe8rVkQA7-- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-amd64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-amd64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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