Possible to go from 5.5 to 5.4?

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Fri Jun 16 20:44:47 UTC 2006


On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:41:35PM -0400, Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:39:27PM +0200, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
> > > Tuc wrote:
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >     I recently upgraded from 5.4 to 5.5, and now if I leave it in X for=
> >  a
> > > >few minutes it ends up locking up, usually when the screen blanks on
> > > >its own. I wanted to go backwards to see if that behaviour goes away.
> > > >
> > > >     I wasn't sure if there was a risk doing this.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks, Tuc
> > > >
> > > > =20
> > > Have you tried recompiling X? That might help. Take a look at=20
> > > sysutils/portupgrade, if you haven't used that before. I think going=20
> > > backward is unwise, there must be a better way.
> > 
> > Also make sure you recompile any kernel modules you might be using.
> > The most likely one would be the nvidia driver.
> > 
> 	I had upgraded the nvidia one at the same time since I knew it 
> needed to be rebuilt.

In what order did you do this?  Since you are using the module, it's
still the #1 suspect.

Kris
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