Re: Help request: strange issue with xfce xfwm4 on AMD hardware, running head

From: Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 16:22:18 UTC
On Sun, May 28, 2023, 9:20 AM Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net> wrote:

> On 28/05/23 16:41, Warner Losh wrote:
> > Sill questions.  Did you update only some of your packages? You really
> > need to update them all at the same time to have them be compatible.
> > Some projects have a fast moving abi they don't keep compatible very
> well.
> >
>
> I'm running FreeBSD head here, using pkgbase. I upgraded a few base
> packages (I create them with poudriere).
>
> I also updated the ports tree and updated other ports using the
> resulting binaries (also created with poudriere)
>
> The pkgs that were updated when xfwm4 stopped working were listed in my
> first post [1].
>

So not all of the non pkg base packages? Have you tried updating them all?
Or you did update them all and the list of what updated was in the post? I
read it when first posted and again now and am unsure which it is...

It may well be something broke... but I'm just wanting to be double sure
it's against a consistent package set. If something broke, then I can't
help.

Also a good time to plug zfs root and snapshots to roll back to if the
upgrade fails. But that's like for future you...

I tested downgrading glib, but nothing changed. Other things updated
> there look completely unrelated (well except the kernel obviously).
>


Yea, I've rarely had good luck with that path.


> Now that you mention it, I may have forgot to force poudriere to rebuild
> the drm-kmod port. I'll try that, just in case!
>

That's unlikely the cause. Though it wouldn't hurt. Usually it simply won't
load. And this package us matched to a specific kernel so make sure you
rebuild against the headers of the kernel installed.

Warner

[1] https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2023-May/003734.html
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> Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>
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