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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:51 +0000
From:      Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg-6.8.1 +glib +i810 +FreeBSD4.11-STABLE
Message-ID:  <20041230104448.GA11944@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041229205023.23317.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 12:50:23PM -0800, mac tipper wrote:
> Has anyone found a fix for all the busted apps this
> "upgrade" has caused?
>=20
> ~>uname -v
> FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 18 05:00:01 EST 2004 =20
>   root@STABLE.localhost:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STABLE
>=20
> ~>firefox
> expr: syntax error
> [: -eq: unexpected operator
> Segmentation fault
>=20
>=20
> : ~>gkrellm
>=20
> GThread-ERROR **: file gthread-posix.c: line 137
> (g_thread_impl_init): error 'Invalid argument' during
> 'pthread_getschedparam (pthread_self(), &policy,
> &sched)'
> aborting...
> Abort
>=20
> And the list goes on.
>=20
> I saw one message
> http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=3D15110+0+current/freebsd-x11
>  that suggests,=20
> "This seems to be due to applications using the weak
> symbols in for stub
> thread functions in libX11 rather than the real, but
> also weak, ones in libc_r.
> It can be temporarily worked around by building a
> libX11 with UIThrStubs.c removed
> and using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to direct the affected
> applications to it."
>=20
> And another one that says switch back to Xfree, or
> downgrade, but I've not found info on cvsup and
> downgrading ports, or switching back to Xfree.

I've not seen the specific problems you mention, but have seen various
other oddnesses since upgrading.  So unusable is my machine now that I
have bitten the bullet and am downgrading to 6.7.0.  Check out
portdowngrade in sysutils/ - it has proven its worth on several
occasions. =20

As someone mentioned yesterday, switching back to XFree86 is probably=20
not to be recommended - Xorg is now the officially endorsed X11
implementation, and in time anyone still running XFree is likely to run
up against problems as the two code-trees diverge.

I intend to keep an eye on the lists and see what happens - I'm sure
that before long, the port maintainers will work their magic and fix the
brokenness anyway, and we can all upgrade safely.

HTH


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Daniel Bye

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