4.8 startx can't open /dev/io (or /dev/mem)

[Lowell Gilbert]

peter.billam at pjb.com.au writes:

> So maybe it's not an X thing, but a broad-scale mess-up of /dev ?
> I tried repartioning and reinstalling, but that changed nothing :-(
> 
> Surely other 4.8ers must have met this ? Any help gratefully received ...

It's a securelevel thing.  That's what securelevels are for.

"man securelevel" to start with...