From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun May 7 13:15:42 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525F9D61212 for ; Sun, 7 May 2017 13:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 332D112C4 for ; Sun, 7 May 2017 13:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 2E9B8D61211; Sun, 7 May 2017 13:15:42 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E434D61210 for ; Sun, 7 May 2017 13:15:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from aibo.runbox.com (aibo.runbox.com [91.220.196.211]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E897312BA for ; Sun, 7 May 2017 13:15:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jbtakk@iherebuywisely.com) Received: from [10.9.9.127] (helo=rmmprod05.runbox) by mailtransmit03.runbox with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d7L1t-0005Mi-Pj for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 May 2017 14:11:14 +0200 Received: from mail by rmmprod05.runbox with local (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1d7L1t-0005sG-OR for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 May 2017 14:11:13 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [Authenticated user (846156)] by runbox.com with http (RMM6); for ; Sun, 07 May 2017 12:11:13 GMT From: "Jeffrey Bouquet" Reply-To: To: "current" Subject: Some precise procedure... Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 05:11:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: RMM6 Message-Id: X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 May 2017 13:15:42 -0000 Given the following procedure: svn up /usr/src make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel mergmaster reboot single user mergemaster make installworld pkg install compatN-i386 reboot make check-old make delete-old etc [ pardon the missing stuff and out of order, this is from memory] At which precise point either 1... Xorg fails to work 2... nvidia-driver fails to work? Because in my experience unless a minor upgrade, it happens every time, and I am caught unawares.. so am wanting in the summaries in UPDATING 3a... do not proceed beyond this without backups, as your video driver may = not work... and am slightly confused. If I svn, but do not buildworld, is nvidia-driver somehow more unusable? e= tc etc.=20 looking at it from an entirely newbie frame of mind, because a more author= itative source than I may know more about the precise how and why an svn OR a build= world should not be attempted if one is more concerned about the driver not break= ing or being unusable 'version mismatch' upon upgrade, than the upgrade itself. tl;dr anyone have an expert summary? if not, just thanks for reading, or throw a= concept at me.=20 1... Xorg ceases to work and/or=20=