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From: "Steven G. Kargl" <sgk@REMOVEtroutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Still No X (Re: Catastrophe Re: Proliferating LLVMs)
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:56:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:19:04 +0000, Louis Epstein wrote:

> Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
>> 
>> ...in any case my failure to launch X successfully
>> since the flirtation with removing llvm12 and putting
>> it back has NOT been solved by upgrading 13.2->3.
> 
> The problem started when I deleted LLVM12 and did not go
> away when I reinstalled it...and deleting and reinstalling
> xinit has made no difference.
> 
> Either nothing at all starts,
> or it starts and aborts,
> or the windows come up in the
> window manager and either
> attempting to launch an application
> crashes it or the keyboard and mouse
> are no longer able to make inputs
> and I have to restart.
> 
> What needs to be redone to again
> have a working X?

If I get in your situtation, I typically rebuild everything
from source.  So, first created a backup, then do

% cd /usr/src
% git stash
% git pull -ff
% git stash pop
% rm -rf /usr/obj/*
% make -j8 buildworld  <-- I have 8 cores.
% make -j8 buildkernel
% make installkernel
<reboot in single user>
% mount -a
% etcupdate -p
% cd /usr/src
% make installworld
% etcupdate -B
% make delete-old
% make delete-old-lib <-- Only if I want a very clean world
<reboot without X11, so remove kld_load in rc.conf>

Now, the ports.

% cd /usr/ports
% git stash
% git pull -ff
% git stash pop
% make fetchindex
% pkg info | awk '{ print $1}' > pkg.txt
% pkg delete -f <all installed ports>ports-mgmt/pkg
<Inspect /usr/local for leftover junk>

The last command might complain about deleting port ports-mgmt/pkg,
delete it anyway.

% cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
% make clean && make -j8 && make install && make clean
% cd /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portmaster
% make clean && make -j8 && make install && make clean
% rehash
% portmaster -Byd graphics/drm-515-kmod
% portmaster -Byd graphics/gpu-firmware-radeon-kmod

Choose the one from pkg.txt or use graphics/drm-kmod.  The latter
will grab whatever FreeBSD thinks is required for your hardware.
You can now restore kld_load in rc.conf and reboot.

% portmaster -Byd x11-wm/fvwm3 x11/xauth x11/xinit x11/xterm

This is sufficient for me to use startx to fireup a fvwm3

Now, iterate over pkg.txt to install other packages, e.g.,

% portmaster -Byd math/octave <-- This installs 200+ ports

-- 
steve