On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jayson M. Sperling wrote:
> Hello all,
> I've run XFree86 a few times in the past, but I guess in this case I
> just can't make it work (or I have something misconfigured, which is very
> possible).
>
> My system is setup as follows:
> NVidia GeForce MX with 32MB RAM (AGP)
> Adaptec SCSI controller
> Sound Blaster Live (full package, minus front panel)
> 384 MB system RAM (PC133)
> Intel Celeron 800 MHz
>
> I have installed XFree86 4.1.0 from a downloaded installation
> (downloaded all files as required) using the installation script given
> (Xinstall.sh). Upon going through the xf86config script for the setup
> itself, I attempt to run startx but am `greeted` with the following:
>
> Start Log----------------------------------------------
>
> [...snip...]
>
> (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted)
> linear framebuffer access unavailable
> (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
> (--) using VT number 9
>
>
> Fatal server error:
> xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
>
> End Log------------------------------------------------
>
> Upon taking a look at the device it mentioned, I noticed it was set to:
>
> crw------- 1 root wheel 2, 14 Sep 3 15:16 io
>
> Do I need to change the permissions on this entry to make this work? And if
> so, what permissions should I have it set to?
Have your .xserverrc launch the X server using Xwrapper, and all
will be well. Xwrapper is setuid root, so that the X server doesn't
have to be.
--
Chris BeHanna
Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
_______________________________________________
Newbie mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see:
http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
