/dev/io problem in 5.3

[Ruben de Groot]

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:19:29AM +0200, Nelis Lamprecht typed:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:59 -0500, Gerard Samuel
> <fbsd-questions at trini0.org> wrote:
> > Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >Just got through buildworld/kernel on 5.3.  Strange problem I can't
> > >find the solution to.
> > >
> > >Xorg won't start:
> > >
> > >Fatal server error:
> > >xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
> > >
> > >Please consult the The x.org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.org
> > >for help.
> > >Yada Yada Yada.
> > >
> > >Only one hit on Google, and it's just a bug report.  Anyone else have
> > >any ideas?  I know /dev/is supposed to be more dynamic in 5.3, but
> > >this isn't working.
> > >
> > Make sure your kernel has "device   io".
> > X needs it in 5.3.
> > 
> 
> Out of curiosity does 5.3 have this in the Generic kernel ? I don't
> have a copy installed yet to check but if it doesn't then it certainly
> should IMO. I've seen this problem reported a few times already.

I'm not entirely sure (haven't tested), but since there is now a module io.ko
in /boot/kernel you might get away with a "kldload io"

Ruben