Xorg 7.2 update

[Paul Schmehl]

--On May 27, 2007 10:03:40 AM -0700 Arthur Barlow 
<arthurbarlow at earthlink.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> I just updated my 6.2 box to the new Xorg 7.2 distro.  I followed all
> the directions in the UPDATING file.  It appears all the directories
> have been properly built.  I also successfully ran the "mergebase.sh"
> script from the Tools/scripts directory.  However, when I try to run X,
> I get the following error:
>
> (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist), 0)
> Fatal server error:
> Unable to load required base modules, Exiting....
>
> I've looked around and cannot find any references to a "pcidata" module.
> Any insights?

I had the same problem.  You need to install the xorg metaport.  Go to 
/usr/ports/x11/xorg/ and run make install clean.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/