5.3-RC2 xorg fails with missing /dev/io
Gunnar Flygt
flygt at sr.se
Thu Nov 4 01:16:26 PST 2004
On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 10:11:55AM +0100, Thomas Nystrom wrote:
> Gunnar Flygt wrote:
> >
> > I upgraded with cvsup to RELENG_5_3
> >
> > The box is a Dell Latitude D600
> >
> > Everything seems to be OK, except for /dev/io is missing which leads to
> > X not working. Is this an issue that has been adressed already, or am I
> > doing something wrong?
>
> You have to read /usr/src/UPDATING:
I do that
>
> 20040802:
> making /dev/(null|zero) into a module proved to be too
> unpopular,
> so this bit has been revoked from the previous (20040801) entry.
But I missed this. Sorry for the noise!
>
> 20040801:
> The /dev/mem, /dev/io /dev/(null/zero) devices are now modules,
> so you may wish to add them to your kernel config file. See
> GENERIC for examples.
>
> /thn
>
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