I think that I have met my match

hruodr said:
As said before, in this situations is better BSD without Desktop Environments, no GhostBSD.
The whole is then simpler and you have more control.
It is good to learn to deal with omnipresent twm.
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I'm just using it as a temporary solution. It's already gone from my system. But you're right, it would have been quicker to cp all of my documents from within but now I know not to waste time installing another operating system, when I could have done the same thing with a bootable usb and a few commands.
 
drhowarddrfine said:
I understand there was an issue with some Nvidia drivers during the recent 15.0 upgrade but I did not experience that. I have NEVER had an issue with "pkg upgrade" crashing my system or causing "no more UI".

And I'm a tinkerer. I used to tinker A LOT.
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Ya this is Nvidia related.
 
Cedric62 said:
Any thoughts?
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As I mentioned in my previous posting, you can avoid this problem if you set a ZFS snapshot before you perform the pkg update/upgrade.

(I was also) recently asked to update my existing FreeBSD system and I noticed that my Nvidia drivers were going to get "replaced" by the pkg update/upgrade process. Instead of agreeing "YES" at the pkg "Do you want to proceed?" prompt -- I said "NO" - I stopped - went back to the FreeBSD Operating System and quickly took a ZFS snapshop of my working FreeBSD system. Then I returned and ran the pkg update/upgrade commands normally.

In my case, the pkg update/upgrade to 15.0-RELEASE-p6 went fine - and that was GOOD !

But in case the pkg update/upgrade (DID NOT) go fine, I had the ready option to restore my FreeBSD system "back to normal" from the ZFS snapshot and be back in business again. I have definitely had the pkg update/upgrade process remove my currently working Nvidia drivers and replace them with non-working NVidia drivers. (IF THAT HAD HAPPENED) I would then restore my FreeBSD system from a ZFS snapshot and I would have the "working" NVidia drivers restored back to my FreeBSD system -- and I would have a working FreeBSD system again.

That said if you would like to learn more about the FreeBSD ZFS file system, there is a book written by Micheal Lucas / Allen Jude -- that you can reference (or buy) - which is called (Link Amazon): FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS -- number of pages: 201. In USD it is listed for $21.16.

Good luck !
 
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