Re: FreeBSD 8.1-RC2 Available...

2010-07-07 Thread Ken Smith
On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 10:38 -0400, Ken Smith wrote: At this time DVD images are not available. There was a fairly serious security issue with the png graphics package. We will generate DVD images when the rebuilt packages become available, that will be announced then the images are ready. I

8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Mikhail T.
I'm upgrading several systems these days to the 8.1 (pre-release) and have hit the following troubles... I could file a formal PR for each, I suppose, but, maybe, this way will get the right people's attention sooner. In no particular order: 1. A picture, that one of the systems was

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Randi Harper
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote:  8.     I tried to do an install on one of the systems via netbooting     (pxeload) the disk1-image. It booted, but the sysinstall had to be     started manually and, once started, did not act the same as when    

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:22:22 -0400 Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: 9. The k8temp utility (installed by sysutils/k8temp http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/k8temp), which worked fine on both of my AMD-machines, no longer works on the Athlon one (still

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 02:22:22PM -0400, Mikhail T. wrote: I'm upgrading several systems these days to the 8.1 (pre-release) and have hit the following troubles... I could file a formal PR for each, I suppose, but, maybe, this way will get the right people's attention sooner. 2.

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Kevin Oberman
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:22:22 -0400 From: Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com Sender: owner-freebsd-sta...@freebsd.org I'm upgrading several systems these days to the 8.1 (pre-release) and have hit the following troubles... I could file a formal PR for each, I suppose, but, maybe,

Re: net-booting the install disks (Re: 8.x grudges)

2010-07-07 Thread Randi Harper
2010/7/7 Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com: 07.07.2010 14:30, Randi Harper написав(ла):  8.     I tried to do an install on one of the systems via netbooting     (pxeload) the disk1-image. It booted, but the sysinstall had to be     started manually and, once started, did not act the same

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Mikhail T.
07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???(??): FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and thus not an option) -- the kernel-config files, that worked with 7.x, break without this option in them (in addition to all the nuisance, that's documented in

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Randi Harper
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???(??):      FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and      thus not an option) -- the kernel-config files, that worked with      7.x, break without this

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Marcel Moolenaar
On Jul 7, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Randi Harper wrote: Well, pardon the political pun, but I don't believe in change for the sake of change. These particular changes are gratuitous. If sio is no longer available -- and replaced by uart, why change the /dev-entries?.. These changes aren't

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Mikhail T.
07.07.2010 16:34, Randi Harper ???(??): Attached is the kernel config-file (i386), that worked fine under 7.x. The kernel-compile will break (some *freebsd7* structs undefined), without the COMPAT_FREEBSD7 option. Try it for yourself... Don't use a kernel config from 7. We've

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???(??):      FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and      thus not an option) -- the kernel-config files, that worked with      7.x, break without this

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Freddie Cash
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: I know nothing about the driver. But a utility I regularly used stopped working after upgrade, so I added that to my list of upgrade-related grudges. Was this before or after re-compiling all your installed ports,

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick ???(??):      FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and      thus not an option) -- the kernel-config files, that worked with      7.x, break without this

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: 07.07.2010 16:34, Randi Harper ???(??): Attached is the kernel config-file (i386), that worked fine under 7.x. The kernel-compile will break (some *freebsd7* structs undefined), without the COMPAT_FREEBSD7

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Sean Bruno
5. One of the upgraded systems would repeatedly hang at boot, until I disabled the on-board firewire-device through the BIOS... It was not a problem under 7.x, although I don't know, whether the device actually worked. This is a commonly-reported problem,

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Sean Bruno
5. One of the upgraded systems would repeatedly hang at boot, until I disabled the on-board firewire-device through the BIOS... It was not a problem under 7.x, although I don't know, whether the device actually worked. This is a commonly-reported problem,

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Randi Harper
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Mikhail T. mi+t...@aldan.algebra.com wrote: Your telling me this is just as valid as warning me against using computer-cases of a particular color. It is a silly requirement. My expecting things, that worked for 7, to work in 8 is reasonable. There may be

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:34:55 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: k8temp is for older AMD system running K8 cores. It has been mostly replaced with amdtemp which works on newer cores. I'm not sure if amdtemp will work on K8 cores, though. It does (amdtemp works on K8s): r...@kg-quiet#

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:20:56 +0200 Torfinn Ingolfsen torfinn.ingolf...@broadpark.no wrote: On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:34:55 -0700 Kevin Oberman ober...@es.net wrote: k8temp is for older AMD system running K8 cores. It has been mostly replaced with amdtemp which works on newer cores. I'm not

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Steven Hartland
For what its worth, we have had good success migrating our kernel configs from 6 - 7 - 8 with very few changes, and no real problems. The secret is to create a kernel that is based of GENERIC using include in a clean the include that config in top level one which adds the specific additional

Re: 8.x grudges

2010-07-07 Thread Ken Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 7/7/10 4:17 PM, Mikhail T. wrote: 07.07.2010 14:59, Jeremy Chadwick написав(ла): FREEBSD_COMPAT7 kernel option is, apparently, a requirement (and thus not an option) -- the kernel-config files, that worked with 7.x, break without