From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 17 13:09:20 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3976F1065686 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:09:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl) Received: from hpsmtp-eml19.kpnxchange.com (hpsmtp-eml19.KPNXCHANGE.COM [213.75.38.84]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2408FC12 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:09:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl) Received: from cpsmtp-eml109.kpnxchange.com ([213.75.84.109]) by hpsmtp-eml19.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:57:16 +0200 Received: from koko.offrom.nl ([86.82.183.148]) by cpsmtp-eml109.kpnxchange.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:57:16 +0200 Received: from wiz.vpn.offrom.nl (Debian-exim@wiz.vpn.offrom.nl [10.168.0.18]) by koko.offrom.nl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m9HCvDeA063611; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:57:13 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from willy@wiz.vpn.offrom.nl) Received: from willy by wiz.vpn.offrom.nl with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KqotL-0004Ov-BS; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:57:19 +0200 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:57:18 +0200 From: Willy Offermans To: Tom Evans Message-ID: <20081017125718.GA16645@wiz.vpn.offrom.nl> References: <1224245028.53182.6.camel@localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1224245028.53182.6.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94/8438/Fri Oct 17 08:37:10 2008 on koko.offrom.nl X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on koko.offrom.nl X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Oct 2008 12:57:16.0289 (UTC) FILETIME=[E1A73710:01C93057] Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correct downgrade procedure X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:09:20 -0000 Hello Tom and FreeBSD friends, On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 01:03:48PM +0100, Tom Evans wrote: > Hi all > > I've been having increasingly annoying Xorg crashes with 7.1, on a > previously very reliable laptop[1], and am now trying to go back to how > it used to work, starting off by downgrading kernel + world to > 7.0-RELEASE, which used to work quite nicely. If that fails to make any > huge strides, I guess I'll have to rollback the ports tree as well. > > I was wondering if there was a best-practise way of downgrading? I guess > I will also have to rebuild all/most ports; that's what weekends are > for :) > > Did you consider using ``portdowngrade''. It should be included in your portstree. -- Met vriendelijke groeten, With kind regards, Mit freundlichen Gruessen, De jrus wah, Willy ************************************* Dr. W.K. Offermans CAT Postdoctoral Fellow CAT Catalytic Center Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie RWTH Aachen Worringerweg 1, Raum 38C-150 D-52074 Aachen, Germany Phone: +49 241 80 28592 Home: +31 45 544 49 44 Mobile: +31 653 27 16 23 e-mail: Willy@Offermans.Rompen.nl e-mail: Willy.Offermans@CatalyticCenter.RWTH-Aachen.de Powered by .... (__) \\\'',) \/ \ ^ .\._/_) www.FreeBSD.org