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by **Ian Wotku** » Thu, 30 Aug 2001 08:56:21

hey

i just installed XFree86-4.1.0, and when i try to do a XFree86
-configure, or even just a startx after doing xf86 config, the server
crashes and says something like:
xf86enableIO: unable to open /dev/io for extended I/O
i made sure /dev/io is owned by root, and exists. any ideas? thanks.

ian

by **Rasput** » Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:41:38

In the last exciting episode of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,

> hey

> i just installed XFree86-4.1.0, and when i try to do a XFree86
> -configure, or even just a startx after doing xf86 config, the server
> crashes and says something like:
> xf86enableIO: unable to open /dev/io for extended I/O
> i made sure /dev/io is owned by root, and exists. any ideas? thanks.

Your securelevel is too high.

--
"By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began
to suspect 'Hungry' ..."
-- Gary Larson, "The Far Side"
Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

by **Ian Wotku** » Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:44:30

so how do i lower the securelevel? or is it possible?

> In the last exciting episode of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,

> > hey

> > i just installed XFree86-4.1.0, and when i try to do a XFree86
> > -configure, or even just a startx after doing xf86 config, the server
> > crashes and says something like:
> > xf86enableIO: unable to open /dev/io for extended I/O
> > i made sure /dev/io is owned by root, and exists. any ideas? thanks.

> Your securelevel is too high.

> --
> "By the time they had diminished from 50 to 8, the other dwarves began
> to suspect 'Hungry' ..."
> -- Gary Larson, "The Far Side"
> Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns ::

by **Rasput** » Fri, 31 Aug 2001 01:12:41

In the last exciting episode of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,

> so how do i lower the securelevel? or is it possible?

Sure , set

kern.securelevel=-1
in /etc/sysctl.conf and reboot.

You *should* be able to set it higher once X has started
(preferably via xdm otherwise you won't be able to log out
and back in without a reboot)

I gave up on securelevels when I couldn't update my ipf ruleset
(I have dynamic IP)

--
Signs of crime: screaming or cries for help.
-- from the Brown Security Crime Prevention Pamphlet
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