Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:31:42 -0700 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: fjwcash@gmail.com, Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a linux_base available for RELENG_9? Message-ID: <55390460cd3ce7854089fe03066ee7e0@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <E1YVILY-000PiO-3q@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk> References: <E1YVILY-000PiO-3q@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>
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On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:29:12 +0000 Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk> wrote > > Indeed. Having read UPDATING prior to the attempted upgrade, I > > followed the advise to add 'compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18' > > to sysctl.conf(5). And rebooted. > > If you rebooted then it should have been set - and you should > not have needed to do it manually. > > > But what turned out to be the *actual* solution, was to use > > sysctl(8). Applying it directly fixed it. :-) > > This should not have been necessary if you rebooted. I think > you should try and find out what went wrong, as otherwise this > will not work when you reboot next time and you will have to set it > by hand on each reboot. > > It sounds like you did all the right things - nt sure why it didnt > work for you. > > Have you rebooted since ? What is the value after rebooting now ? Hello Peter, and thank you for the reply. I only just now got a chance to bounce the box. I first sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.16 as that's what it reported, after the [kern/world] install, and before/during my attempts to install -c6. I then confirmed the setting via sysctl, then confirmed sysctl.conf(5) had the sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 setting listed. Bounced the box, and the sysctl.conf settings took. I have absolutely no idea why it wouldn't work as stated in UPDATING, or after loading it in sysctl.conf, yesterday. But it *apparently* works now. I think, under the circumstances, I'd do well to continue to monitor that setting for awhile. Fortunately, given it's FreeBSD, and a server, I won't have a need to bounce it very often. Thanks again, Peter, for taking the time to reply. --Chris > > -pete. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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