Failed to open /dev/io with X.Org

[Eric Anholt]

On Sun, 2004-08-01 at 13:00, 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?

This was a momentary issue in -current, and is fixed now.

You don't need the wrapper.  The Xorg binary comes setuid because that
wrapper code is already in the server.

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