Re: XF86 with MATROX Millenium II

[Andreas Johansson <ajo wopr campus luth se>]

On Tue, 12 May 1998 Magnus@TIC.Thyssen.com wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a problem to get the X86_SVGA Server running under my Alpha.
> RedHat 5
> Alpha XL 266
> 32MB Ram
>
> [...]
> 
> Fatal server error:
> xf86EnableIOPorts: Failed to set IOPL for I/O
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> [...]
> 
> Any Ideas ?
> Or do You need more infos ??

No, it says what the problem is above. It can't access the registers of
your graphics cards unless the server is run as root. This is usually done
by setting the suid bit and letting the server be owned by root.

chown root /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA
chmod 4711 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA

/Andreas