Re: [XFree86] Xserver error

[Marc Aurele La France]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Sivakumar wrote:

hi,
   iam trying to start the startx of Xserver, but its giving the following
error,please suggest me to overcome this.
regards,
sivakumar.R.J

_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/Dyansys:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

XFree86 Version 4.6.0
Release Date: 10 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: DefaultOSName [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux Dyansys 2.6.16.19-mx31 #1 PREEMPT Thu Sep 21
15:39:23 IST 2006 armv6l
Build Date: 29 August 2006
Changelog Date: 10 May 2006
       Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/
       to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
       (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (EE) error, (WW) warning,
       (II) informational, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Thu Jan  1 00:08:34 1970
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file.

Fatal server error:
xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to set IOPL for I/O

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".

Please try the attached patch.

Thanks.

Marc.

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This appears to be happening because the kernel you are running does not support the ioperm/iopl system call.

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