Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 06:54:32 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> To: Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptop 9.1 upgrade Message-ID: <20140806065432.3527cca7@X220.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20140805152748.GA1022@mycenae.sbb.rs> References: <20140805152748.GA1022@mycenae.sbb.rs>
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Hi, On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:27:48 +0200 Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> wrote: > I have a laptop, I'd like to upgrade to recent > version and use with graphics. When installed, > it had to use kms and I recompiled x parts to > have it work. > I'd like to get advice if I have to go up to 9.3 > or 10.0 better, regarding hardware, mentioned does 9.3 support your hardware? It seems to me. I would then stick with 9.x as a long it is supported. You should not need to reinstall the ports if you stick with 0.x > in dmesg I post latter. I would avoid zfs. What > about kms recompiling for 9.3? I would do a simple portupgrade after installing the 9.3. > I assume I'd first install pkg for packages and > then do "pkg upgrade -f" to update all of them? > If more info needed, I will post it aside dmesg. > Best regards. > > Copyright (c) 1992-2012 The FreeBSD Project. > Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, > 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. > FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE #1: Sat Dec 29 16:05:59 CET 2012 > root@mycenae:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/NEWKERN amd64 > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M CPU @ 2.30GHz (2294.83-MHz K8-class This looks like a second generation CPU. This is fully supported. Just install 9.3 and then get a new ports tree and do a portupgrade or use any other tool you like to do this job. The defaults should lead you to a fully supported graphics card. What notebook model are you using? Erich
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