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Yes, you probably did something wrong. But you didn't answer the question, how many times did you run freebsd-update install? None? Once? Twice? Three? Try /rescue/sh instead of /bin/sh.

It was an upgrade to 15.0 and I now realise I did something wrong, but after rebooting I cannot boot. I get stuck at libsys.so.7 not found, with the 'helpful' message:] Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: Whatever I type shows...

So you only did it once? I'm assuming it was a major version upgrade? From 13 or 14 to 15.0? Then you should be doing it THREE times actually, the third and final install stage will remove all the libraries and files from the previous version. Or...

I also use Mate on FreeBSD as my main desktop environment. Recently, I've even been thinking about what could replace it. The only alternative is the gnome-flashback mode/project, which is visually similar to MATE but based on the newer GTK...

I am in a situation where I have upgraded to 15.0-RELEASE and forgotten to run freebsd-update install twice. I'm in situation where I can't do anything when booting because I get message about libsys.so.7 not found. I tried single user mode...

One thing I love about FreeBSD is that you can install it simply by extraction of two archived files unto a UFS partition and boot it immedately with a boot loader such a Ventoy for example. Can you do something similar with anything else? For...

Had a look on an older 13 server, /etc/pam.d/ftpd should look like this: % cat /etc/pam.d/ftpd # # # PAM configuration for the "ftpd" service # # auth #auth sufficient pam_krb5.so no_warn #auth sufficient...

LibreOffice is only necessary for reading what people send you with LibreOffice. One does not need it really. Plain TeX is enough for me. Also a "desktop environment" is not necessary, twm is enough. Renouncing to that things make life easier...

I've been using LibreOffice for a decade and more with no issues upgrading. 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"...

I cannot actually reproduce what caused your problem in detail, and I still stumble over the "everything" in since this ain't clear: your directory you keep your LibreOffice files in, your /home/, or your whole system? To me it seems, there are...

Well, this is funky: # cat /etc/pam.d/ftpd # # PAM configuration for the "ftp" service. This is not used by the FreeBSD # ftpd(8), but is provided for compatibility with FTP servers from ports. # # auth auth include ftpd #...

It worked!!!!! Phew! gpart show da0 => 34 625142381 da0 GPT (298G) 34 2014 - free - (1.0M) 2048 100720640 1 linux-data (48G) 100722688 65536 2 ms-basic-data (32M) 100788224 1048576...

So do I press 'Y' to correct this problem? If not then what?

bsdhh (Hamburg) is very much active. Not sure why it doesn't show up in the list. www.bsdhh.org We lost out 30 year restaurant lately, though.

I would not take COVID alone in account for many local user groups fall asleep. I would also blame the desocialization through social media. People meet more online theses days. It's more comfortable, but also way less fun.

A few things... first thing I noticed: If you're building from the ports collection then always make sure that your /etc/make.conf file is in proper order, especially when your build process starts to spit out warnings. See also...

pkg delete openssl

Is the FTP accessible from the internet? You might be getting hammered with bruteforce attacks.

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After backing up all the partitions I'm going to select v k j w after running gdisk /dev/da0. Should I expect this to clear the problem? I find it strange that gdisk /dev/da0 p will display all the partition information, whereas gpart da0 tells...

Delete, make clean and let it reinstall (or make install and pkg set -yA1 py311-build). You may need to do the same with py-wheel.

White square? Not a xterm? if that, then type twm& Probably, I frequently get always such problems upgrading, and that is the reason that I avoid upgrading a working system. I never get these problems with OpenBSD. They are always solved by...

You surprized? When was the first Terminator movie? Back when my parents bought me the Jules-Verne books, I have learned that ScienceFiction is the foretelling of what is going to happen. John Brunner's "Shockwave Rider" has become fully true...

Love how "what needs to change" doesn't include "fire the 'employee' that deleted the database"

I use NVIDIA with "Closed source BLOB" on all my BSD & Linux installs. When you use these they are rockstable and work fine. [Don't use Nouveau.....] The BSD NVIDIA driver is a wrapper around something "Closed source" by NVIDIA. I had never any...

Switching to Linux is not going to fix that. From the sounds of some postings here one would think they struggle mightily day to day. Nothing could be further from reality.

Thanks for sharing such details clarification. Ya, based on my experience, there are frictions on Nvidia card and its drivers on FreeBSD due to close source nature of it. You are much better with AMD cards. It doesn't mean you can't use...

Well, unfortunately I already reformatted my root directory, and right now I'm installing Ghost BSD as a means of transferring all of my documents to an external hard drive, until I can come up with a reliable solution for a numpty person like...

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A black screen like crash-hang? Libreoffice doing a save action doesn't cause that. It has nothing to do with it. Personally, no way I'd leave this without even getting a hint of what's going on. It's against fundamental tech geek principles.

Sorry to hear that you leaving and Thanks for giving FreeBSD a chance. Usually rsync a home folder will not cause any black screen as FreeBSD has a very organized file structures unless something is corrupted on the system files. I am just...

Very solid thanks for posting ideas. We have lots of these servers and big plans to upgrade most of them to FreeBSD 15. Our problem has been resolved. Thanks Chris and EK and others for suggestions. I also have a similar post on HPE forums which...

Linux has a BSD filesystem module that is usually compiled to be read-only. But of course that is sufficient for you.

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In motherboards maybe but it would instantly obsolete all existing computers if a public OS with age verification becomes mandatory. I so hope the EU is going to reject all of this. EU governments leaving Windows is a media fake. They stop using...

as blackbird9 put my mind on the Faces... Where I grew up, a suburb of NYC, there was the Capitol (Capital?) theatre which had as good a collection of bands as Fillmore East--Capital was closer and the train cost less. I remember seeing them--I...

They can't exempt any OS. Everybody will start using it. I'm expecting a political anti-OSS FUD campaign and telecom providers demanding identification before connection. The problem is people having control of a computer without eyes on it.

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Yes, old install was same version. Have always used OpenSSL. I am not sure what you mean talking about symlinks. Is that regarding ca_root_nss?

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This shows graphics/drm-fbsd13-kmod for my ThinkPad W520. I don't even know what that is. I installed drm-kmod which seems to work OK. Should I install drm-fbsd13-kmod although that sounds as if it is specifically for release 13.0.

I want my v4 mount point to be /repo/backup. This is specifically for Clonezilla where I want my Clonezilla backups to go.. I think I went through this some time ago, but gave up because I couldn't make it work. I may have created a pool, but...

No wonder I never heard of him. I think anyone who trusts "influencers" is a complete idiot. The internet I enhabit is Web 1.0 and I am very glad that I do. I don't even have any social media accounts, and I never will. I don't need to be tracked...

Wayland and X server need to be kept separate, because most people use one or the other. If someone wants both, they will be able to install them. As for X clients, they will always be needed, bc of X server, and because Wayland will have a...

Having to untangle dependencies like this is a sign that something is deeply wrong. Just think about that. Also, it is Ninja that brings in Python. We should be using the NetBSD Xorg that doesn't have all of that crap.

I agree. The entire reason I use Xorg is because I don't like Wayland. My hardware is fully capable of running Wayland, I Just Don't Want It. Further reading: https://stoppromotingwayland.netlify.app/

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Also, mesa-dri brings in loads of junk. I think someone should message the maintainers of all of these ports and ask them if debloating them of their dependencies would be possible. I think all of this Linux dependency garbage should be made...

It is simply bloat. Xorg shouldn't require Python to run.

When executing the command sysctl -A|grep compat.linuxkpi.drm, the only kernel variables displayed are: compat.linuxkpi.drm_dp_aux_i2c_transfer_size: 16 compat.linuxkpi.drm_dp_aux_i2c_speed_khz: 10 compat.linuxkpi.drm_drm_fbdev_overalloc: 100...