Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 01:09:56 +0200 From: Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> To: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Zoran Kolic <zkolic@sbb.rs> Subject: Re: laptop 9.1 upgrade Message-ID: <CAPS9%2BStckY8DBuMW%2BXsKKES=2m1vDsXFFSts3FQkbkLCqSiCVg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20140806065432.3527cca7@X220.alogt.com> References: <20140805152748.GA1022@mycenae.sbb.rs> <20140806065432.3527cca7@X220.alogt.com>
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:54 AM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > 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 I guess that 9.3 has more modern stuff than 10.0 actually. Are you using pkgng? Packages from freebsd or locally compiled? As far as I know there is an official pkgng repo with new xorg bits. Best regards Andreas
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