Bug 1653

Summary: Fatal server error: xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
Product: xorg Reporter: Farit <farit777>
Component: Server/GeneralAssignee: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: high    
Version: 6.8.1   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: FreeBSD   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description Farit 2004-10-16 11:16:13 UTC
#X -configure
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X Window System Version 6.8.1
Release Date: 17 September 2004
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.1
Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 i386 [ELF] 
Current Operating System: FreeBSD  5.3-BETA7 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7
    #1: Fri Oct 15 21:46:01 UTC 2004 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
Build Date: 12 October 2004
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
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/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Oct 16 21:31:37 2004
(II) Module ABI versions:
    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
    X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
    X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
    X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
    X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on freebsd
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
    Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
    ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    compiled for 6.8.1, module version = 1.0.0
    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7
(--) 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
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#ll /dev/io
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crw-------  1 root  wheel  250,  14 16 ПЛФ 21:08 /dev/io
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What does it mean?
Comment 1 Eric Anholt 2005-05-03 20:01:40 UTC
/dev/io was made into a module on FreeBSD, and it is necessary for X.Org. 
Please read /usr/src/UPDATING for instructions on how to fix up your kernel
configuration.

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