Wrecked kernel

Thu Jun 18 20:25:38 PDT 2020

It really sounds like a lot of random stuff is missing and you should
reinstall.  If the machine's hardware is not stable then that is the main
issue that needs to be addressed.

-Matt

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 5:06 PM Jonathan Engwall <
engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Static libraries disappear for no reason
> ldconfig -i/usr/local/lib recovers them, though it must be run repeatedly.
> After that I wrenched X in semi working order, without a fully functioning
> window manager. Screen and mouse check!
> It is enough work to make me reinstall.
> How is the 5.8.1 installation process, honestly?
> Jonathan Engwall
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020, 12:00 PM <users-request at dragonflybsd.org> wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 16:31:33 -0700
>> From: Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com>
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>> New problems have begun.
>> In the build world of 5_8_1 I am stuck at something that looks like this,
>> if you can forgive my cellphone-only state:
>> --- libgreputils.a---
>> building static greputils library
>> rm -f libgreputils.a
>> ar can libgreputils.a 'lorder argmatch.o c-strcasecmp.o ...
>>
>> Many .o files follow after that specific line ends, I have this:
>>
>> /usr/libexec/binutils227/elf/nm: 'a file or another.o' : No such file
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>> I did check, nm is an executable. Currently I cannot make symlinks either.
>> What might be my trouble?
>>
>> How can I figure out what is going on?
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>> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:07:07 -0700
>> From: Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com>
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>> After replacing files from my partial backup X11 is acting strangely.
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>> Cannot open log file "/root/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
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>> The log file is alive and well where it has always been in
>> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>
>> There is mention of this on the internet, mostly on ArchLinux, nothing
>> useful however.
>>
>> Another problem, if I compile kernel 5.8 can I get updates?
>>
>> Or is it so that I need to buildworld...because that was looking bad...but
>> if I could get updates maybe it would help.
>>
>> Thank you anyone at all for any help
>>
>> Jonathan Engwall
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>> > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 12:31:19 -0700
>> > From: Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com>
>> > To: Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>
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>> > Things look the way they should, that is bad. It means I have no idea
>> what
>> > was going on last night.
>> > I am trying to copy over the entire boot directory.
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>> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 11:50 AM Jonathan Engwall <
>> > engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > > It was trouble with rufus. Swapping in a 5.6.2 kernel should work I
>> > think.
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 11:12 AM Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Not enough info to really help you here.   Try going into the BIOS
>> > >> (usually the F2 or DEL key in early boot) and check the boot order,
>> it
>> > >> might be trying to boot from internal storage first and USB second
>> and
>> > >> needs to be switched around.
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>> > >> -Matt
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>> > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 12:52:37 -0700
>> > From: Jonathan Engwall <engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com>
>> > To: Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>
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>> > Got out of it. I had a rogue character in the kernel. Stay out of
>> > /boot/kernel/kernel!
>> > Ot is a death trap!
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>> > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 12:31 PM Jonathan Engwall <
>> > engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Things look the way they should, that is bad. It means I have no idea
>> > what
>> > > was going on last night.
>> > > I am trying to copy over the entire boot directory.
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 11:50 AM Jonathan Engwall <
>> > > engwalljonathanthereal at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> It was trouble with rufus. Swapping in a 5.6.2 kernel should work I
>> > think.
>> > >>
>> > >> On Sun, Jun 14, 2020, 11:12 AM Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >>> Not enough info to really help you here.   Try going into the BIOS
>> > >>> (usually the F2 or DEL key in early boot) and check the boot order,
>> it
>> > >>> might be trying to boot from internal storage first and USB second
>> and
>> > >>> needs to be switched around.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> -Matt
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>> > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:17:02 -0700
>> > From: Tim Darby <t at timdarby.net>
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>> > Does anyone know of a BSD equivalent for the linux app findimagedupes? I
>> > want to be able to scan folders of images files looking for duplicate
>> > images, not files.
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>> > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:35:50 +0200
>> > From: Marc Ferrand <marcferrand at gmail.com>
>> > To: Tim Darby <t at timdarby.net>
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>> > I would recommend DupeGuru
>> > https://dupeguru.voltaicideas.net/help/en/scan.html#picture-blocks
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>> > Le lun. 15 juin 2020 ? 02:17, Tim Darby <t at timdarby.net> a ?crit :
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>> > > Does anyone know of a BSD equivalent for the linux app
>> findimagedupes? I
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>> > > images, not files.
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