Subject: Re: XFree86
To: Rob Windsor <windsor@ksu.ksu.edu>
From: Mark Willey <mwilley@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 01/18/1995 14:58:07
Rob Windsor writes:
> 
> Verily did John Evans write:
> 
> [more removed...]
> > checkDevMem: warning: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted)
> > 	trying aperture driver
> > checkDevMem: warning: failed to open /dev/xf86 (No such file or directory)
> > 	linear fb access unavailable

I am also getting this error.  The su workaround didn't seem to do
anything...  Does anyone else get thie /dev/mem not permitted in thier
error file?

> > MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support

I don't get this, though.

> options       XSERVER, UCONSOLE
> options       LKM
> options       SYSVMSG, SYSVSEM, SYSVSHM

Got these...  Here's my /dev/mem and X server:
crw-r-----  1 root  kmem    2,   0 Nov  6 05:11 /dev/mem
---s--x--x  1 root  bin  2055619 Jul 28  1973 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach32*

Mark

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