/dev/io problem in 5.3

[Gerard Samuel]

Nelis Lamprecht wrote:

>On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:22:59 -0500, Gerard Samuel
><fbsd-questions at trini0.org> wrote:
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>>Louis LeBlanc wrote:
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>>>Just got through buildworld/kernel on 5.3.  Strange problem I can't
>>>find the solution to.
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>>>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.
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>>Make sure your kernel has "device   io".
>>X needs it in 5.3.
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>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.
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Yes its part of the 5.3 GENERIC kernel.
Also (I ran into this with X also), you also need device mem if you dont 
already have it.
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device          mem             # Memory and kernel memory devices
device          io              # I/O device