On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 01:11:10 +0000 Gary Palmer <gpal...@freebsd.org> wrote
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 06:09:04PM -0700, Chris H wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:51:06 +0000 Gary Palmer <gpal...@freebsd.org> wrote > > > > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 05:44:55PM -0700, Chris H wrote: > > > > I performed av svn update for both src (r279796), > > > > and ports (r380829) last night. building/installing > > > > world/kernel, went as one would hope. Upgrading ports > > > > was a different story. Given this box has an nVidia card. > > > > I usually start by upgrading emulators/linux_base; which > > > > according to UPDATING; meant linux_base-f10 --> linux_base-c6. > > > > I deinstalled x11/nvidia-driver, followed by > > > > emulators/linux_base-f10. I then attempted to make install > > > > emulators/linux_base-c6, which resulted in a message > > > > that it wasn't supported. So I simply cd'd to > > > > emulators/linux_base-f10, followed by make install. Which > > > > resulted in a CVE message; indicating it was vulnerable > > > > to glib issues. I'm now stuck w/o hardware support for > > > > my video card, and unable to effectively follow > > > > a safe port upgrade path, that enables me to keep the > > > > options I have chosen for my currently installed ports. > > > > Is there a *safe* linux_base available? > > > > > > > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > > > > > If you set > > > > > > sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 > > > > > > you can install linux_base-c6 on RELENG_9 > > > > > > It works well enough at least for nvidia-driver, as my main desktop > > > is 9.3-RELEASE-p9 and has nvidia-driver and linux_base-c6-6.6_3 > > > installed > > > > > > Remember to put > > > > > > compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 > > > > > > into /etc/sysctl.conf so it's preserved on startup > > > > > > I believe if you read the message from linux_base-c6 that's basically > > > what it told you to do. > > Thanks for the reply, Gary. > > Right you are. That's exactly what I did to stage for the upgrade; > > entered 'compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18' into etc/sysctl.conf > > rebooted, deinstalled x11/nvidia-driver, emulators/linux_base-f10, > > cd emulators/linux_base-c6; make install > > which led to: > > ===> linux_base-c6-6.6_3 compat.linux.osrelease: 2.6.16 is not supported, > > please use 2.6.18, BEWARE this is highly experimental. > > *** [all] Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-c6. > > > > Thanks! and sorry for not being more detailed in the first place. > > For some reason your sysctl.conf setting didn't take. You should > investigate why and resolve that and then the port should work. > > A temporary work around would be to run > > sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 > > from a root shell, but it won't last past reboot. LOL right you are *again*. Immediately after replying to your last response, I checked the current status of 'compat.linux.osrelease' which, as you might have guessed, returned 2.18. So I simply entered it manually, followed by cd'ing to emulators/linux_base-c6;make install. Which went beautifully. SO. In my humble defense; UPDATING indicated sysctl.conf(5), when it *actually* meant sysctl(8). :-) Thank you very much, for taking the time to respond, Gary! --Chris > > Regards, > > Gary _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"