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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newsroom.utas.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!olivea!hal.COM!darkstar.UCSC.EDU!cats.ucsc.edu!banshee From: banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: How to start X in securelevel 1? Date: 18 Nov 1995 00:45:47 GMT Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 19 Message-ID: <48jabr$p8h@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> References: <48ibgh$2vgc@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: ese.ucsc.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Its looking for the memory hole so it can stick its fingers through the frame buffer. You need to load the drive in /etc/rc.local like this: KERNDIR=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/kernel if [ -f ${KERNDIR}/ap.o ]; then echo 'Loading /dev/mem access' modload -o ${KERNDIR}/ap -e ap -p ${KERNDIR}/apinstall ${KERNDIR}/ap.o fi Or build yourself a kernel with the INSECURE option. -- The Wailer at the Gates of Dawn | banshee@resort.com | Just who ARE you calling a FROOFROO Head? | | DoD#0667 "Just a friend of the beast." | banshee@cats.UCSC.EDU | 2,3,5,7,13,17,19,31,61,89,107,127,521,607....| |