Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 12:11:29 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner <portsuser@larseighner.com> To: Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Xorg disaster Message-ID: <20090206121103.N32902@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> In-Reply-To: <E1LVHks-000CRL-24@daland.home> References: <20090205202022.L1221@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> <E1LVHks-000CRL-24@daland.home>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Alex Goncharov wrote: > ,--- You/Lars (Thu, 5 Feb 2009 20:20:50 -0600 (CST)) ----* > | Xorg upgrade (gory details follow) went south. I must have a working > | graphics browser by Monday. This is pretty much *vital*, as in a matter of > | survival. > > Been there (last week) -- know what you mean. > > | What is the fastest and/or surest way to get a platform that will run > | firefox or opera? > | > | a. try to get my nvidia hardware to work with a generic (vesa or vga) driver? > | b. try to downgrade Xorg to something that worked. > > I tried "b" -- very successfully. > > The path is (roughly): > > 1. Find the dependencies of xproto and xextproto: > > pkg_info -R xproto-\* xextproto-\* | wc -l > > Prepare to remove those (new) packages from your system. > > 2. Before you remove them, record their names and origins -- you will > need them to either get their old versions from ftp.freebsd.org or > too build from ports source. > > 3. Remove the packages identified in step 1. > > 4. FTP-get or build the old versions. > > If you are to build them, you need the old ports tree: use this tag > in your ports-supfile: > > *default release=cvs tag=. date=2009.01.23.12.00.00 Thanks. It was how to set the wayback machine that was the missing piece to the puzzle. I did this since I am on dial-up and had not deleted the old distfiles (and did not have any of the packages. It wasn't a bed of roses and plenty of restoring is still ahead, but the mission critical stuff now works. > > I would not recommend your own build under the circumstances: > FTP-getting is much faster, of course -- the whole process will take > you about two hours, I think. No doubt, but having the monster distfiles still on-hand tips the balance. This seems to make the point: never delete the last cycle distfiles. > I use the nv driver BTW -- perfectly -- in the old (downgraded to) X. yes xorg 7.3 seems to work perfectly. The display would work but the mouse wouldn't with 7.4. I suspect the fix for the hal-moused battle does not work nv. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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