Re: /dev/vga dissappeared?

From: David Xu (davidxu_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 08/14/04

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To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>

    I resolved the problem by add two lines to config file:

    device io
    device mem

    otherwise, X does not start.

    David Xu

    Julian Elischer wrote:

    >So, I upgraded everything today
    >and I no longer have X because it requires /dev/vga
    >which has dissappeared out of /dev
    >
    >As I have no X I have no browser (comments about lynx will
    >be ignored ;-)
    >so I'm having trouble looking up resources to see what may have happenned.
    >
    >The vga driver reports as having found a device in dmesg
    >but there is no such device in /dev.
    >
    >I recall a couple of emails on the topic a while ago but I can't
    >look them up now...
    >can someone let me know what the resolution was?
    >should I be adding a symlink to something somewhere?
    >
    >is this a known problem?
    >
    >Julian
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