Re: X doesn't work anymore

[Kurt Schreiner <ks%ub.uni-mainz.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 02:34:03AM +0200, Michael wrote:
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> Hello,
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> On Jul 9, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Kurt Schreiner wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > after cvs updat'ing to -current as of Jul  9 23:52 MEST X fails to  
> > start.
> > Here's what /var/log/Xorg.0.log has to say on this (problem is the  
> > same with
> > and without /etc/xorg.conf):
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
> >         at http://wiki.X.Org
> > for help.
> >
> > Any idea where's the culprit?
> 
> Looks like you updated X but not your kernel.
> I committed code to allow X to use arbitrary PCI devices no matter in  
> which PCI domain they are without using /dev/mem - you will need to  
> update your kernel with
> options PCI_ALLOW_MMAP
> then things should work again.
Hm, ok I updated the kernel before userland (as usual ;-), but -not
knowing about it - I didn't include "options PCI_ALLOW_MMAP".
I'll try later tonight and let you know how it's going...

Thanks a lot
Kurt