From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 5 22:54:41 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C08DF56 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2014 22:54:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55840226A for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2014 22:54:41 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=ufNTOW4sNKC96pimu2udSSQHjTzU03mV9sWn04CIuVE=; b=Oc8pfGaOPjWDcm4TGeCpdEiyy2E8ojrSlLnY/8Fe2JLQGUAcBLUz6T4gVqPt0BpnQM4wohMsjv+xUGlUzSODQ5gbtKBHk5+N67eZw/IZjplThd27Azvs6zZt8Dciuvyow81o41b1410lHiuvN8AQLf/J3K6VmpGX4aAFGEclO6Q=; Received: from [182.1.19.247] (port=49800 helo=X220.alogt.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XEnct-001ijs-JZ; Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:54:40 -0600 Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 06:54:32 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky To: Zoran Kolic 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> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1 (GTK+ 2.24.22; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:54:41 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:27:48 +0200 Zoran Kolic 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