Failed to open /dev/io with X.Org

Kirill Ponomarew krion at voodoo.oberon.net
Sun Aug 1 13:03:28 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
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