Possible to go from 5.5 to 5.4?

[Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H]

> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 04:41:35PM -0400, Scott Tuc Ellentuch at T-B-O-H wr=
> ote:
> > > 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=3D
> > >  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
> > > > >
> > > > > =3D20
> > > > Have you tried recompiling X? That might help. Take a look at=3D20
> > > > sysutils/portupgrade, if you haven't used that before. I think going=
> =3D20
> > > > backward is unwise, there must be a better way.
> > >=20
> > > Also make sure you recompile any kernel modules you might be using.
> > > The most likely one would be the nvidia driver.
> > >=20
> > 	I had upgraded the nvidia one at the same time since I knew it=20
> > needed to be rebuilt.
> 
> In what order did you do this?  Since you are using the module, it's
> still the #1 suspect.
> 
1) 
cvsup -g -L 2 ./stable-supfile &&(cd /usr/src;make buildworld) && (cd /usr/src;m
ake buildkernel KERNCONF=HIMINBJORG53)
echo "Press ENTER to install kernel"
read c
(cd /usr/src;make installkernel KERNCONF=HIMINBJORG53)
echo "Need to reboot"

stable-supfile :

*default host=cvsup2.freebsd.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress
src-all

2) Reboot

3) 
echo "Press ENTER to mergemaster"
read a
mergemaster -p
echo "Press ENTER to installworld"
read b
(cd /usr/src;make installworld)
echo "Press ENTER to mergemaster"
read c
mergemaster
echo "REBOOT"

4) Reboot

5) 
cvsup -g -L 2 -h `fastest_cvsup -c us -Q` ./ports-supfile
(cd /usr/ports;make fetchindex)
pkg_version -l '<' -v > not.txt
more not.txt

ports-supfile:

*default host=cvsup11.freebsd.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/usr
*default release=cvs tag=.
*default delete use-rel-suffix
ports-all

6) portupgrade -Ri of anything that was xorg*, nvidia*

7) Reboot

8) startx, do work for a few hours, stop working for a little while, come
back and there is nothing on the screen, and I can't get it to do
anything, even ctrl-alt-backspace

9) Power off, reboot, happens again like in 8, power off, reboot, happens again
like in 8

10) run portdowngrade against nvidia to the previous version

11) reboot, happens again like in 8

12) Post to the newsgroup

12+1) Steps 1-4 again

14) Reply to this email. ;)

		Tuc