Hello again! I hope to one day become a venerable FreeBSD admin but until then, I come humbly to the forums seeking knowledge!
So I was trying to build chromium but was running into a compile error that seemed kind of odd, since it didn't seem related to a missing package or a mis-configuration. It was something like "TypeError: expected bytes-like object, not 'str'".
I decided to try and upgrade my system because why not; maybe it'll magically fix the error. I remembered upgrading from 11 to 12 was easier and smoother than I expected so I followed the steps listed on the release notes to upgrade to 13. I reboot and then I can't
Now, when I try to login, I'm prompted for my login and password, I provide it and then I see the login message... followed by a prompt for my login and password. I keep attempting to login, but it keeps asking for my login and password.
Luckily, I am still able to login as root and I can even
So I was trying to build chromium but was running into a compile error that seemed kind of odd, since it didn't seem related to a missing package or a mis-configuration. It was something like "TypeError: expected bytes-like object, not 'str'".
I decided to try and upgrade my system because why not; maybe it'll magically fix the error. I remembered upgrading from 11 to 12 was easier and smoother than I expected so I followed the steps listed on the release notes to upgrade to 13. I reboot and then I can't
startx
to my desktop because of a kernel error or something, so I figured I needed to recompile nvidia-drivers. The release notes mentioned recompiling your applications before freebsd-update install
ing again so I did that and a few other applications before restarting again (I don't remember exactly, but I think I restarted twice in that order).Now, when I try to login, I'm prompted for my login and password, I provide it and then I see the login message... followed by a prompt for my login and password. I keep attempting to login, but it keeps asking for my login and password.
Luckily, I am still able to login as root and I can even
startx
into my desktop just fine, which is how I'm writing this post. So any ideas what could be going on here? I don't see any errors in dmesg, really.