Subject: Re: XF430 debugging advice needed
To: David Hopper <dhop@nwlink.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-x11
Date: 03/02/2003 18:09:58
David Hopper <dhop@nwlink.com> writes:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've patched up alpha_video.c to build, but I've hit a snag in the new
> scanpci code in XFree86 4.3.0 on Alpha.  Even just a nudge in the
> right direction would be appreciated:

Just a thought, but is your kernel built with 'options INSECURE', and
is /dev/mem readable by the user running the X server? I ran into
something like this a while ago and traced it to the lack of an error
check in alpha_pci_io_enable() in bsd_video.c.

        - Nathan