From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 16 20:41:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1174816A474 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:41:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [204.107.90.128]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E9B843D67 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:41:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (c-69-249-95-97.hsd1.nj.comcast.net [69.249.95.97]) (authenticated bits=0) by vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k5GKfa92021007; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (localhost.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com [127.0.0.1]) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5GKfZE6003823; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ml@t-b-o-h.net) Received: (from tbohml@localhost) by himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5GKfZSZ003821; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tbohml) From: Scott "Tuc" Ellentuch at T-B-O-H Message-Id: <200606162041.k5GKfZSZ003821@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> To: kris@obsecurity.org (Kris Kennaway) Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:41:35 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20060616202359.GA95408@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL8] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: K?vesd?n G?bor , ml@t-b-o-h.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possible to go from 5.5 to 5.4? 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, 16 Jun 2006 20:41:52 -0000 > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:39:27PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote: > > Tuc wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > > I recently upgraded from 5.4 to 5.5, and now if I leave it in X for= > a > > >few minutes it ends up locking up, usually when the screen blanks on > > >its own. I wanted to go backwards to see if that behaviour goes away. > > > > > > I wasn't sure if there was a risk doing this. > > > > > >Thanks, Tuc > > > > > > =20 > > Have you tried recompiling X? That might help. Take a look at=20 > > sysutils/portupgrade, if you haven't used that before. I think going=20 > > backward is unwise, there must be a better way. > > Also make sure you recompile any kernel modules you might be using. > The most likely one would be the nvidia driver. > I had upgraded the nvidia one at the same time since I knew it needed to be rebuilt. The 2nd step to resolve this is to portdowngrade to the previous version, still no luck. Just for shites and giggles I built world and am letting it run for a while. Next step is recompile X. After that, it unless I get any more suggestions, it'll be go back to 5.4 . Thanks for the suggestions guys, I guess I was jumping to conclusions too quick. Thanks, Tuc