From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 30 10:44:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4328316A4CE for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc2-cmbg1-3-0-cust94.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [213.107.104.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9451443D1F for ; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danielby@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 4.43 (FreeBSD)) id 1CjxnX-000383-DP for questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:51 +0000 Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:51 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041230104448.GA11944@catflap.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20041229205023.23317.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041229205023.23317.qmail@web41309.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Xorg-6.8.1 +glib +i810 +FreeBSD4.11-STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:44:53 -0000 --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB09wghvzwOpChvo8RAnC/AKDH5qG+1HKViudreNFx8aHLbaCL8QCfXTxk qohjnBuuZAHag02N9xfO8sM= =HntC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7AUc2qLy4jB3hD7Z--