-configure ->fatal xserver error

[Eric Anholt]

On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 12:51 -0600, RonH wrote:
> New to Xorg.  I'm installing FreeBSD 5.3 and cmd 'xorg -configure' 
> results in xf86EnableIO : Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O
> 
> I have checked several threads and various FAQ, but unable to find answer.
> 
> Help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks

You have one of two problems:
1) Securelevel set.  You can't have a raised securelevel and run the
Xorg server.
2) Failure to add device io to your kernel config as discussed
in /usr/src/UPDATING.

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