Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H <ml@t-b-o-h.net> To: kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway) Cc: K?vesd?n G?bor <gabor.kovesdan@t-hosting.hu>, ml@t-b-o-h.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible to go from 5.5 to 5.4? Message-ID: <200606162041.k5GKfZSZ003821@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> In-Reply-To: <20060616202359.GA95408@xor.obsecurity.org>
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> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:39:27PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > > Tuc wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > > I recently upgraded from 5.4 to 5.5, and now if I leave it in X for= > a > > >few minutes it ends up locking up, usually when the screen blanks on > > >its own. I wanted to go backwards to see if that behaviour goes away. > > > > > > I wasn't sure if there was a risk doing this. > > > > > >Thanks, Tuc > > > > > > =20 > > Have you tried recompiling X? That might help. Take a look at=20 > > sysutils/portupgrade, if you haven't used that before. I think going=20 > > backward is unwise, there must be a better way. > > Also make sure you recompile any kernel modules you might be using. > The most likely one would be the nvidia driver. > I had upgraded the nvidia one at the same time since I knew it needed to be rebuilt. The 2nd step to resolve this is to portdowngrade to the previous version, still no luck. Just for shites and giggles I built world and am letting it run for a while. Next step is recompile X. After that, it unless I get any more suggestions, it'll be go back to 5.4 . Thanks for the suggestions guys, I guess I was jumping to conclusions too quick. Thanks, Tuc
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