On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 18:41:59 -0700 Freddie Cash <fjwc...@gmail.com> wrote
> Re-read the error message you pasted into the email. Pay particular > attention to the part after "2.6", the last two digits. :) > > 2.6.16 != 2.6.18 > > The latter is what needs to be in sysctl.conf, or (as you discovered) > entered via sysctl(8). You will need to put the correct values into > sysctl.conf, though, for it to be set correctly at boot. Indeed. Having read UPDATING prior to the attempted upgrade, I followed the advise to add 'compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18' to sysctl.conf(5). And rebooted. But what turned out to be the *actual* solution, was to use sysctl(8). Applying it directly fixed it. :-) Maybe update UPDATING? ;-) --Chris > > Cheers, > Freddie > On Mar 9, 2015 6:07 PM, "Chris H" <bsd-li...@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:51:06 +0000 Gary Palmer <gpal...@freebsd.org> wrote > > > > > On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 05:44:55PM -0700, Chris H wrote: > > > > I performed av svn update for both src (r279796), > > > > and ports (r380829) last night. building/installing > > > > world/kernel, went as one would hope. Upgrading ports > > > > was a different story. Given this box has an nVidia card. > > > > I usually start by upgrading emulators/linux_base; which > > > > according to UPDATING; meant linux_base-f10 --> linux_base-c6. > > > > I deinstalled x11/nvidia-driver, followed by > > > > emulators/linux_base-f10. I then attempted to make install > > > > emulators/linux_base-c6, which resulted in a message > > > > that it wasn't supported. So I simply cd'd to > > > > emulators/linux_base-f10, followed by make install. Which > > > > resulted in a CVE message; indicating it was vulnerable > > > > to glib issues. I'm now stuck w/o hardware support for > > > > my video card, and unable to effectively follow > > > > a safe port upgrade path, that enables me to keep the > > > > options I have chosen for my currently installed ports. > > > > Is there a *safe* linux_base available? > > > > > > > > Thank you for all your time, and consideration. > > > > > > If you set > > > > > > sysctl compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 > > > > > > you can install linux_base-c6 on RELENG_9 > > > > > > It works well enough at least for nvidia-driver, as my main desktop > > > is 9.3-RELEASE-p9 and has nvidia-driver and linux_base-c6-6.6_3 > > > installed > > > > > > Remember to put > > > > > > compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18 > > > > > > into /etc/sysctl.conf so it's preserved on startup > > > > > > I believe if you read the message from linux_base-c6 that's basically > > > what it told you to do. > > Thanks for the reply, Gary. > > Right you are. That's exactly what I did to stage for the upgrade; > > entered 'compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.18' into etc/sysctl.conf > > rebooted, deinstalled x11/nvidia-driver, emulators/linux_base-f10, > > cd emulators/linux_base-c6; make install > > which led to: > > ===> linux_base-c6-6.6_3 compat.linux.osrelease: 2.6.16 is not supported, > > please use 2.6.18, BEWARE this is highly experimental. > > *** [all] Error code 1 > > > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-c6. > > > > Thanks! and sorry for not being more detailed in the first place. > > > > --Chris > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Gary > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org > > " > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
