From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 17:24:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45C1A16A417 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:24:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: from mx1a.swcp.com (mx1a.swcp.com [216.184.2.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CCE213C491 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:24:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: from ame2.swcp.com (ame2.swcp.com [216.184.2.119]) by mx1a.swcp.com (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge3) with ESMTP id lACFsSZJ019804 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:28 -0700 Received: from bogodyn.org (mail.bogodyn.org [69.49.164.40]) by ame2.swcp.com (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lACFsP4T008447 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:26 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: from bogodyn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bogodyn.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lACFsLBb029216; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:22 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: (from russo@localhost) by bogodyn.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id lACFsLjh029215; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:21 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from russo) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:21 -0700 From: Tom Russo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071112155421.GA66742@bogodyn.org> References: <20071109032615.E926016A480@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071109032615.E926016A480@hub.freebsd.org> Organization: International Institute for Advanced Quantum Bogodynamical Studies User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=no version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on ame2.swcp.com X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (ame2.swcp.com [216.184.2.127]); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:54:27 -0700 (MST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4731/Fri Nov 9 13:43:15 2007 on ame2.swcp.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Level: Subject: Re: Botched X.org upgrade, need help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: russo@bogodyn.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:24:09 -0000 On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 03:26:15AM +0000, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the flavor, containing: > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Andrew Falanga said: > > On Nov 8, 2007 12:37 PM, Warren Block wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Nov 2007, Andrew Falanga wrote: > > > > Well, at last I think it's botched. I really was following the > > > directions [...] > > (WW) Warning, couldn't open module pcidata > > (II) UnloadModule: "pcidata" > > (EE) Failed to load module "pcidata" (module does not exist, 0) > > > > Fatal server error: > > Unable to load required base modules, Exiting... > I had a very similar experience, with the X server reporting missing modules immediately after I thought I'd followed the upgrade instructions to the letter (including the portupgrade -a, migrating all the /usr/X11R6 stuff with mergebase, and various nvidia-driver caveats). Turns out that in my case the xorg-drivers and xorg-fonts ports had not been added by the upgrade process, probably because I had a missing metaport in my previous install. That was the one block of caveats I apparently missed. In the end, I was able to just do a make install of the xorg metaport and it picked up the missing two, then I was back in business. Perhaps that's what's going on with you? Or perhaps not --- I see you also mentioned you hadn't updated ModulePath, and perhaps that was the only reason you are having problems? I didn't see a follow-up saying that was it. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick