Re: Still No X (Re: Catastrophe Re: Proliferating LLVMs)

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:19:04 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:

 
...in any case my failure to launch X successfully
since the flirtation with removing llvm12 and putting
it back has NOT been solved by upgrading 13.2->3.

 
The problem started when I deleted LLVM12 and did not go
away when I reinstalled it...and deleting and reinstalling
xinit has made no difference.
 
Either nothing at all starts,
or it starts and aborts,
or the windows come up in the
window manager and either
attempting to launch an application
crashes it or the keyboard and mouse
are no longer able to make inputs
and I have to restart.
 
What needs to be redone to again
have a working X?

If I get in your situtation, I typically rebuild everything
from source.  So, first created a backup, then do

% cd /usr/src
% git stash
% git pull -ff
% git stash pop
% rm -rf /usr/obj/*
% make -j8 buildworld  <-- I have 8 cores.
% make -j8 buildkernel
% make installkernel
<reboot in single user>
% mount -a
% etcupdate -p
% cd /usr/src
% make installworld
% etcupdate -B
% make delete-old
% make delete-old-lib <-- Only if I want a very clean world
<reboot without X11, so remove kld_load in rc.conf>

Now, the ports.

% cd /usr/ports
% git stash
% git pull -ff
% git stash pop
% make fetchindex
% pkg info | awk '{ print $1}' > pkg.txt
% pkg delete -f <all installed ports>ports-mgmt/pkg
<Inspect /usr/local for leftover junk>

The last command might complain about deleting port ports-mgmt/pkg,
delete it anyway.

% cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
% make clean && make -j8 && make install && make clean
% cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster
% make clean && make -j8 && make install && make clean
% rehash
% portmaster -Byd graphics/drm-515-kmod
% portmaster -Byd graphics/gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod

Choose the one from pkg.txt or use graphics/drm-kmod.  The latter
will grab whatever FreeBSD thinks is required for your hardware.
You can now restore kld_load in rc.conf and reboot.

% portmaster -Byd x11-wm/fvwm3 x11/xauth x11/xinit x11/xterm

This is sufficient for me to use startx to fireup a fvwm3

Now, iterate over pkg.txt to install other packages, e.g.,

% portmaster -Byd math/octave <-- This installs 200+ ports

--
steve