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

On Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:46:25 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

Steven G. Kargl <sgk@removetroutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:

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

 
What in toto needs to be backed up?
 

Anything that you may have customizied under /etc and
/usr/local/etc.  If you made any customizations under
/usr/ports, the three commands should preserve those
when pulling an up-to-date tree.

% git stash     <-- hide changes
% git pull -ff  <-- update tree
% git stash pop <-- restore changes

--
steve