Failed to open /dev/io with X.Org

Vitalis vitalis at numericable.fr
Tue Aug 3 11:46:41 PDT 2004


>Hi,
>
>On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 10:00:03PM +0200, Vitalis wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've just upgraded my system to -current. I've also uninstalled XFree86
and installed X.Org by following the HEADSUP
>http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-July/032267.html
>>
>> Now when I launch startx I get the fatal error:
>> xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
>>
>> I've checked /dev/io and it does not exist.
>>
>> I've read it could be caused by my securelevel but it is set to -1.
>> I've also read that with XFree86 we had to install /usr/ports/x11/wrapper
for that, but what to do with X.Org?
>
>cvsup or add 'device io' to your kernel configuration, and
>rebuild the kernel.
>
>-Kirill

Thanks, adding 'device io' did the trick!



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