On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 11:17:32AM -0800, Brendan Thomas O'Connor wrote: > One day, I started up by Woody/Sarge machine, but X refuses to start: > > (II) SAVAGE(0): initializing int10 > (EE) SAVAGE(0): Cannot open /dev/mem > (--) SAVAGE(0): Chip: id 8c12, "Savage/IX-MV" > (--) SAVAGE(0): Engine: "MobileSavage" > (--) SAVAGE(0): mapping MMIO @ 0xf1000000 with size 0x80000 > > Fatal server error: > xf86MapVidMem: failed to open /dev/mem (No such file or directory) > > $ ls /dev/mem > ls: /dev/mem: No such file or directory Nice, /dev/mem is "Physical memory access". > MAKEDEV doesn't regenerate it, I'm not using devfs. Where does /dev/mem come > from, and how do I get it back? # mknod /dev/mem c 1 1 > p.s. cc me on reply if possible.. -- Seneca seneca-cunningham@rogers.com
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