Re: XFree shouldn't access hardware directly errors.

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On Tuesday 24 February 2004 05:14 pm, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 13:04, Dennis Veatch wrote:
> > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 01:27 pm, jayjwa wrote:
> > > On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Dennis Veatch wrote:
> > > > Version XFree86-4.4-0
>
> How can you be running 4.4-0?  The latest beta is 4.3.99.903.

Fumble fingers on my part, rounding numbers:)
Cooker is at XFree86-4.3-27 right now anyway.

>
> > > > I'm seeing a number of these kernel errors;
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Feb 14 18:58:42 sidney kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It
> > > > shouldn't access hardware directly.
> > > > Feb 14 19:00:58 sidney kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released
> > > > (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
> > > > Feb 14 19:00:58 sidney kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It
> > > > shouldn't access hardware directly.
> > > > Feb 14 19:00:58 sidney kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key released
> > > > (translated set 2, code 0x7a on isa0060/serio0).
> > > > Feb 14 19:00:58 sidney kernel: atkbd.c: This is an XFree86 bug. It
> > > > shouldn't
> > >
> > > What is a "sideny kernel"? AFAIK, XFree86 is made to do just that.
> >
> > That's just the way Mandrake shoves the errors in the log file. Sidney is
> > the host name.
>
> That's how Debian does it, too.

Oh, now that you mention it. Those errors are from /var/log/kernel/errors, 
hend "sidney kernel".

>
> > If it's made to do that then why is it called an xfree bug?
>
> Maybe you don't have DRI configured?  But then, DRI is disabled
> in 4.4, isn't it?

Wasn't really to worried about the DRI thing. Just the bit about shouldn't 
access hardware directly.

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