From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 00:22:04 2009 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 A811E106564A for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 00:22:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AE98FC0C for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 00:22:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-196-7-253.dynamic.qsc.de [92.196.7.253]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FBC13D127; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:22:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n460Lv0I004303; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:21:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 02:21:57 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Andrew Gould Message-Id: <20090506022157.57174896.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: <4A00A93B.4080600@otenet.gr> <20090506012428.8f793949.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Manolis Kiagias , Polytropon , Daniel Underwood , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: xdm freezes - 7.2-RELEASE installed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 00:22:04 -0000 On Tue, 5 May 2009 18:45:02 -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > It's good, general advice. There are UPDATING files in various places for > various updates, I think, including /usr/src/. At least according to the history of problems with X that appeared on this list, /usr/ports/UPDATING hasn't received the attention it should. Things like the "empty inputs" and the crazy DBUS & HAL stuff has been mentioned there. I didn't update my X yet, so I will have all this trouble in the future. :-) > It's almost as good as.....(wait for it)......" and always back up your > data." Customer: "I've just done a new Word document, saved it, then accidentally deleted it. Is there anything you can do to get it back?" Tech Support: "Sorry, no, the backup isn't run until night time." Customer: "Ohh, can we restore it tomorrow, then?" :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...