On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Stephen L. Fitzhugh wrote:
> I installed the XFree86 distribution that came with FreeBSD 4.7. When
> starting the X-server, I get an xf86EnableIO error that appears in the
> log file below. /dev/io and /dev/mem exist and have root rw permissions.
> What am I missing?
If it only works when running as root, then your server is not
running with root permissions like it should be.
Mark.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Fitzhugh
>
> ********************************************************
> XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 3 September 2002
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
> reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/)
> Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386 [ELF]
> Module Loader present
> Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 18 09:20:41 2003
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
> (==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
> (**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
> (**) | |-->Monitor "P780"
> (**) | |-->Device "Radeon VE"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
> (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
> (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
> (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> (**) XKB: model: "pc104"
> (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> (**) XKB: layout: "us"
> (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
> (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/".
> Entry deleted from font path.
> (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/").
> (**) FontPath set to
> "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
>
> (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
> (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
> (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
> ********************************************************
>
> --
> Stephen Fitzhugh
> Electrical and Computer Engineering
> Juckett Hall, Room 200
> Norwich University
> Phone: (802) 485 2559
>
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