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Lowell Gilbert lgusenet at be-well.ilk.org
Fri Jan 25 20:22:53 UTC 2013


The xdm-boot question is still fine.

The running-X-securelevels question doesn't match what I actually see
when I try it; I don't know if my experience is the only one people are
likely to see these days. Instead of the "KDENABIO failed" message, I get:

    (EE) No devices detected.

    Fatal server error:
    no screens found

Something closer to the FAQ entry shows up in the log, which ends with 

    (WW) xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O(EE) No devices detected.

    Fatal server error:
    no screens found

I think the entry should be changed to more closely reflect what
somebody would see these days, but other than that I think it's
okay. Maybe mention there are alternatives to xdm.

Proposed diff:

Index: book.xml
===================================================================
--- book.xml	(revision 40750)
+++ book.xml	(working copy)
@@ -5246,8 +5246,7 @@
       <qandaentry>
 	<question id="running-X-securelevels">
 	  <para>I <emphasis>tried</emphasis> to run X, but I get an
-	    <errorname>KDENABIO failed (Operation not
-	    permitted)</errorname> error when I type
+	    <errorname>No devices detected.</errorname> error when I type
 	    <command>startx</command>.  What do I do now?</para>
 	</question>
 
@@ -5262,6 +5261,7 @@
 	    Set your
 	    <literal>securelevel</literal> back down to zero (usually
 	    in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>), or run &man.xdm.1;
+	    (or an alternative display manager)
 	    at boot time (before the <literal>securelevel</literal> is
 	    raised).</para>
 


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