On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 12:50:23PM -0800, mac tipper wrote: > Has anyone found a fix for all the busted apps this > "upgrade" has caused? > > ~>uname -v > FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 18 05:00:01 EST 2004 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STABLE > > ~>firefox > expr: syntax error > [: -eq: unexpected operator > Segmentation fault > > > : ~>gkrellm > > GThread-ERROR **: file gthread-posix.c: line 137 > (g_thread_impl_init): error 'Invalid argument' during > 'pthread_getschedparam (pthread_self(), &policy, > &sched)' > aborting... > Abort > > And the list goes on. > > I saw one message > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=15110+0+current/freebsd-x11 > that suggests, > "This seems to be due to applications using the weak > symbols in for stub > thread functions in libX11 rather than the real, but > also weak, ones in libc_r. > It can be temporarily worked around by building a > libX11 with UIThrStubs.c removed > and using LD_LIBRARY_PATH to direct the affected > applications to it." > > And another one that says switch back to Xfree, or > downgrade, but I've not found info on cvsup and > downgrading ports, or switching back to Xfree.
I've not seen the specific problems you mention, but have seen various other oddnesses since upgrading. So unusable is my machine now that I have bitten the bullet and am downgrading to 6.7.0. Check out portdowngrade in sysutils/ - it has proven its worth on several occasions. As someone mentioned yesterday, switching back to XFree86 is probably not to be recommended - Xorg is now the officially endorsed X11 implementation, and in time anyone still running XFree is likely to run up against problems as the two code-trees diverge. I intend to keep an eye on the lists and see what happens - I'm sure that before long, the port maintainers will work their magic and fix the brokenness anyway, and we can all upgrade safely. HTH -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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