On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 18:41:59 -0700 Freddie Cash <fjwcash at 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-lists at
bsdforge.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 00:51:06 +0000 Gary Palmer <gpalmer at
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
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