From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 31 11:00:10 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@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 C2B95AE4683 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC4S36.hotmail.com (blu004-omc4s36.hotmail.com [65.55.111.175]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 81EBD1501 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP72 ([65.55.111.136]) by BLU004-OMC4S36.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:59:02 -0700 X-TMN: [vm0Jjpxwow1AtZnkwgVDiPMUpPYqF8aW] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:58:45 -0400 From: Carmel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovering from X "upgrade" disaster [was: how to downgrade X server] In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.28; i686-w64-mingw32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Mar 2016 10:59:02.0392 (UTC) FILETIME=[55C7EF80:01D18B3C] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:10 -0000 On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 05:02:18 +0000 (UTC), Will Parsons stated: >Is there anyone who can give me hope of recovering this system? >(I *really* don't want to trash it and reinstall. And even if I did, >would there be any reason to think it would work?) I have experienced the same bullshit in the past. That is why I keep a backup of my critical configuration files; ie., Postfix, Dovecot, etcetera. Doing a complete reinstall of the system will probably work just fine. You undoubtedly have some left over remnants on you machine that are screwing up the works. Attempting to discover the problem will undoubtedly take longer than doing a complete reinstall. By the way, if you do decide to complete reinstall the system, be careful about using the older configuration files if the applications they refer to have been updated. Sometimes minuscule changes in newer configuration files can have adverse results on your system. Check out all the documentation before reinstalling. Good luck :) -- Carmel