A common problem on FreeBSD. Your system security level is set too high to allow running X. XFree86 is not able to access the graphics hardware. Mark. On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Mahooody wrote: > im having trouble with xfree86 i cant get it to start this is the error i > get: > > X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). > > This it the log: > > > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 > Release Date: 27 February 2003 > X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6 > Build Operating System: FreeBSD 5.2.1 i386 [ELF] > Build Date: 13 February 2004 > Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.Org/ > to make sure that you have the latest version. > Module Loader present > Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, > (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. > (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sun Nov 7 09:43:09 2004 > (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" > (==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout" > (**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0) > (**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor" > (**) | |-->Device "My Video Card" > (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1" > (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1" > (**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" > (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" > (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" > (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101" > (**) XKB: model: "pc101" > (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" > (**) XKB: layout: "us" > (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled > (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/". > Entry deleted from font path. > (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"). > (**) FontPath set to > "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" > (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" > (WW) checkDevMem: failed to open /dev/mem (Operation not permitted) > (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0) > (--) using VT number 9 > > > Fatal server error: > xf86EnableIO: Failed to open /dev/io for extended I/O > > > When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send > the full server output, not just the last messages. > This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log". > Please report problems to xfree86@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > XFree86 mailing list > XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list XFree86@xxxxxxxxxxx http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86