From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 27 02:50:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCF9E16A406 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (mp.cs.niu.edu [131.156.68.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACF213C483 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bennett@cs.niu.edu) Received: from mp.cs.niu.edu (bennett@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mp.cs.niu.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l3R1poYN022379 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:51:50 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:51:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Scott Bennett Message-Id: <200704270151.l3R1poiC022378@mp.cs.niu.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: annoying problems after upgrading to 6.2-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:50:37 -0000 I've encountered three annoying problems since doing the upgrade from 6.1-RELEASE to 6.2-RELEASE using the upgrade option when booting from the installation CD. This is on a Dell Inspiron XPS (3.4 GHz P4 w/HTT enabled and 1 GB of memory). 1) The ports and packages subsystems are as fragile as ever (no big surprise). I was able to add packages for less than a day before it broke. Sometimes I can still add or delete a package, but in at least one case, I can't because pkg_add says that an earlier version of the package is already installed, while an attempt to remove the earlier version using pkg_delete gets a message saying that no such package is installed. Apparently, pkg_add and pkg_delete do not refer to the same indicators of whether a particular package is actually installed. Attempting to build ports fails while trying to build dependency ports, which was what led to attempt to remove libtool and then add the newer version. I'll try to get a PR together and submitted soon. 2) I had been eagerly awaiting the new version of snd_emu10k1, which is supposed to contain support for the Soundblaster Audigy 2 cards, and I was hoping that my Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS PCMCIA card might be included in that support. Last night I finally added snd_driver_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf and rebooted. It looked good until it correctly identifed the card, at which point it hung. After some delay, the machine *powered itself down*. Trying to restart it failed repeatedly before it could complete the hardware initialization prior to booting, and it powered itself down each time, sometimes turning on the battery light briefly as it did so. Eventually, fearing hardware damage, I removed the PCMCIA card, after which I was able to boot the installation CD again in order to remove the line from /boot/loader.conf. Unfortunately, the 6.2-RELEASE installation CD does not allow me to mount the hard drive's root file system onto /mnt in order to change the hard drive's /boot/loader.conf file the way the 6.1-RELEASE CD did. I next tried booting from the hard drive, selecting safe mode-- which may not have mattered anyway--I think the key was removing the sound card, and got to where I could edit the file. Rebooting after that proceeded uneventfully. Because of the computer's thoroughly bizarre response to having the new snd_emu10k1 driver active when the sound card was present, I am reluctant to try this again to document it well enough to submit a PR. I haven't yet tried the $100 sound card again under Windows XP to find out whether it still works. 8-| 3) I use wmaker as a window manager for X. Since the 6.2-RELEASE upgrade, I seem no longer able to cut/copy + paste anything except when doing the operation entirely inside Firefox windows. I can still select the text I want to copy, but I am unable to paste it into other windows (e.g., Putty, xterm) or even into the same window. The first two I don't expect to be able to do anything about, other than maybe submitting a PR for the first one, but perhaps someone can show me a way to fix the third one. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks muchly in advance. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * **********************************************************************