Recompile and install the with X*4-Server from /usr/ports/x11-servers. Your X server was built on a RC kernel base not the RELEASE the /dev/io mappings are slightly different.
The following is the offending line in your snippet.... Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-RC i386 [ELF] It should say Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE i386 [ELF] It will then work and make sure you do a make buildworld if you upgraded to make sure all your libs are also RELEASE not RC.... :)oseph On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 10:41, fingers wrote: > hi > > it's been suggested that i send this to current@. Please let me know what > info you'd like to carry on debugging this. > > Regards > > --Rob > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:05:34 +0200 (SAST) > From: fingers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: first snag with 5.0 - XFree86 4 > > howdie > > built X 4 from source or using package I'm getting: > > <snip> > XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System > (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) > Release Date: 3 September 2002 > If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is > newer than the above date, look for a newer version before > reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.0-RC i386 [ELF] > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 21 11:15:10 2003 > (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) > (--) using VT number 9 > > > Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > </snip> > > when trying something like XFree86 -config. I trolled xfree86.org, found 1 > hit but don't see any response to it. > > fresh install of 5.0-RELEASE using Riva 128. Was previously working on > 5.0-CURRENT (build of about 2 weeks ago). > > /dev/io seems to exist. wrapper is installed. xf86cfg gives same error. > > any ideas? pnpinfo gives me "can't get i/o privelege" which doesn't seem > right. > > have tried 'hint.acpi.0.disabled=1' with same results. I'd think it was > XFree86 specific initially if it wasn't for the pnpinfo error. > > any suggestions appreciated. > > Regards > > --Rob > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message