• FreeBSD
• 15.0-BETA2
• Xfce

• 2025/10/22: WIP

• Spinesnap = Dell Latitude 5591 ¹⁾

FreeBSD 15.0-STABLE

• freebsd
• Ports/Src (drm-61-kmod; newer note in above link)
• Joystick devd.conf
• PC speaker beep at log-in (thread)
• Solo U2F key and Firefox (thread)
• Wine wine.bin kill desktop launcher
• Android adb (post)
• Android file transfers with MTP (mount_mtp)
• Install note 32-bit libs https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-components
• wifi
• Install: log-in root, do everything until xdg-user-dirs, log into user, that + startx ²⁾

• https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/15.0/

FreeBSD-15.0-BETA2-amd64-memstick.img

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-partitioning
• Auto (UFS)
• RST/RAID Enabled (not AHCI)

DEVICE         MAJ:MIN SIZE TYPE                                    LABEL MOUNT
nda0             0:83  954G GPT                                         - -
  nda0p1         0:85  260M efi                                   gpt/efi /boot/efi
  nda0p2         0:87  950G freebsd-ufs                   gpt/freebsd-ufs /
  nda0p3         0:89  3.9G freebsd-swap                 gpt/freebsd-swap SWAP

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-sysconf
• [ ] Everything (nothing checked)

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-hardening
• [x] Everything

• Invite to other groups: wheel
• Shell: sh

• DHCP or Static on Ethernet (em0)
• DHCP on USB Tether (ue0)

• 2025/08/15
• Notes

• https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/usb-tethering-detected-and-up-but-no-internet.88441/
• Might apply to any type of USB network device that shows up under ue#

su -

sysrc ifconfig_ue0=SYNCDHCP

/etc/netstart

su -

ntpd -g -q

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#freebsdupdate-security-patches
• TODO: pkg

su -

pkg update -f

pkg upgrade

su -

fwget -v

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/#x-install

su -

pkg install xorg 'drm-66-kmod'

pw groupmod video -m espionage724

sysrc kld_list+=i915kms

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/desktop/#xfce-environment

su -

pkg install xfce

ee /etc/fstab

# Xfce
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0

sysrc dbus_enable="YES"

echo '. /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc' > /home/espionage724/.xinitrc

chown espionage724:espionage724 /home/espionage724/.xinitrc

sync && exit & reboot

• Username → Password → startx
• TODO: xdg dirs before first log-in

startx

su -

pkg install firefox-esr xdg-user-dirs filezilla

• Done from regular user and not su

exit

xdg-user-dirs-update --force

su -

pkg install evince-lite thunderbird-esr foliate gbrainy gimp keepassxc libreoffice mate-calc ristretto thunar-archive-plugin transmission-gtk vlc xfce4-screensaver xfce4-screenshooter-plugin xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin android-tools aria2 cups en-freebsd-doc en-hunspell gnome-keyring gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-libav gtk-sharp30 htop icoutils libressl mesa-demos mesa-dri mesa-devel mesa-libs noto unar wget xarchiver xrandr yt-dlp 

fastfetch lsblk

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/wine/#installing-wine-on-freebsd

wine wine-gecko wine-mono winetricks

libva-intel-driver

neverball

• devilutionx

devilutionX

• Doomsday Engine

doomsday

openvpn-devel

tor-browser

• operator to allow general reboot/power-off from xfce4-whiskermenu

su -

pw groupmod 'operator' -m 'espionage724'

• Done from regular user and not root

exit

'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' update -f && '/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' upgrade

'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' install wine mesa-dri mesa-devel mesa-libs gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-libav libressl

'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' autoremove

gio mime 'text/plain' 'org.xfce.mousepad.desktop'

gio mime 'image/jpeg' 'org.xfce.ristretto.desktop'

gio mime 'image/png' 'org.xfce.ristretto.desktop'

gio mime 'image/bmp' 'org.xfce.ristretto.desktop'

gio mime 'application/pdf' 'org.gnome.Evince.desktop'

gio mime 'application/epub+zip' 'com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate.desktop'

• Chicago95
• Install notes

• Style → Chicago95
• Icons → Chicago95

• Menus → Desktop Menu → [ ] Include applications menu on desktop right click
• Menus → Window List Menu → [ ] Show window list menu on desktop middle click
• Toggle Background → Color to Horizontal gradient and back to Solid color

• Measurements → Row size (pixels): 30

• Whisker Menu
• Window Buttons
• Separator (Style: Transparent, [x] Expand)
• Workspace Switcher
• Separator (Style: Transparent, [ ] Expand)
• Status Tray Plugin (Fixed icon size: 16, [ ] Square items)
• Power Manager Plugin (Show label None)
• Clock

• General → Show as list
• General → [ ] Show generic application names
• General → [x] Show category names
• General → [x] Show application tooltips
• General → [ ] Show application descriptions
• General → Application icon size: Small
• General → Category icon size: Smaller
• General → Menu width: 425
• General → Menu height: 525
• General → Background opacity: 100

• Appearance → Menu → [ ] Position categories horizontally
• Appearance → Menu → [ ] Position categories on left
• Appearance → Menu → [ ] Position profile on bottom
• Appearance → Menu → [x] Position search entry on bottom
• Appearance → Menu → [x] Position commands next to search entry
• Appearance → Menu → Profile: Hidden

• Appearance → Panel Button → Display: Icon and title
• Appearance → Panel Button → Title: Start

• Commands → [x] Lock Screen, Log Out (top/--fast), Restart, Shut Down (uncheck rest)

• Appearance → [x] Show button labels
• Appearance → [ ] Show flat buttons
• Appearance → [ ] Show handle
• Appearance → [x] Show tooltips
• Appearance → Sorting order: None, allow drag-and-drop

• Behaviour → Middle click action: Nothing
• Behaviour → [ ] Group windows by application
• Behaviour → [ ] Restore minimized windows to current workspace
• Behaviour → [ ] Draw window frame when hovering a button
• Behaviour → [ ] Switch windows using the mouse wheel

• Filtering → [ ] Show windows from all workspaces
• Filtering → [ ] Show only minimized windows
• Filtering → [x] Show windows from all monitors

• Appearance → Layout: Digital

• Clock Options → Layout: Date, then time
• Clock Options → Date → Format: Custom Format (1st)
• Clock Options → Time → Format: Custom Format (2nd)

%a, %b %d

%l:%M %P

• Display → Blank after and Put to sleep after: Never
• Display → Switch off after: 5 minutes

• General → Scrollback: 10000
• Appearance → [x] Use system font
• Appearance → Background → Transparent Background 0.80

• Style → Theme → Chicago95

• Compositor → Enable display compositing on for no tearing, or off for lowest latency

• Compositor → Uncheck Show shadows under popup windows
• Compositor → Uncheck Show shadows under dock windows
• Compositor → Uncheck Zoom desktop with mouse wheel
• Compositor → Opacity of window during move: 10 notches from right/Opaque

• TODO

xfconf-query --channel 'xfwm4' --property '/general/vblank_mode' --type 'string' --set 'xpresent' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-session' --property '/general/SaveOnExit' --type 'bool' --set 'false' --create && rm -Rf ~/'.cache/sessions'

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/Antialias' --type 'int' --set '1' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/HintStyle' --type 'string' --set 'hintnone' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/RGBA' --type 'string' --set 'none' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xsettings' --property '/Xft/DPI' --type 'int' --set '96' --create

xfce4-keyboard-settings

• Repeat delay: 400
• Repeat speed: 30

• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• F6

'/bin/sh' -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

'/bin/sh' -c "xfce4-terminal -T 'FreeBSD Updater' -x su 'root' -c ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'"

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/Super_L' --type 'string' --set 'xfce4-popup-whiskermenu' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/MonBrightnessUp' --type 'string' --set "backlight incr '10'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/MonBrightnessDown' --type 'string' --set "backlight decr '10'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioRaiseVolume' --type 'string' --set "mixer 'pcm'='+5%'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioLowerVolume' --type 'string' --set "mixer 'pcm'='-5%'" --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts' --property '/commands/custom/AudioMute' --type 'string' --set "mixer 'pcm'='mute=toggle'" --create

su -

ee '/boot/loader.conf'

security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=0
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
cryptodev_load="YES"
zfs_load="YES"
autoboot_delay=2
hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.fullpower=100
hw.em.enable_aim=0
hw.em.eee_setting=0
hw.i915kms.modeset=1
hw.i915kms.nuclear_pageflip=1
hw.i915kms.fastboot=1
hw.i915kms.enable_psr=0
hw.i915kms.enable_psr2_sel_fetch=0
hw.i915kms.panel_use_ssc=0
hw.i915kms.enable_ips=0
hw.i915kms.enable_fbc=0
hw.i915kms.enable_dc=0
hw.i915kms.disable_power_well=0
hw.i915kms.enable_guc=3
hw.i915kms.guc_log_level=0
hw.i915kms.verbose_state_checks=0
hw.i915kms.error_capture=0
compat.linuxkpi.iwlwifi_mvm_power_scheme=1

hw.efi.poweroff="0"

hw.acpi.osname="Windows 2017"

exec="gop set 0"

• TODO: Under misc

boot

gop list

• TSO does both TSO4 and TSO6

su -

ee '/etc/rc.conf'

clear_tmp_enable="YES"
syslogd_flags="-ss"
hostname="Spinesnap"
ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.150 netmask 255.255.255.0 tso"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
#ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="NO"
zfs_enable="YES"
kld_list="i915kms acpi_video"
dbus_enable="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"

sysrc ifconfig_em0+="tso"

wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA inet 192.168.1.150 netmask 255.255.255.0"

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/#hwpstate_intel

su -

ee '/etc/sysctl.conf'

dev.hwpstate_intel.0.epp=0

security.bsd.see_other_uids=0
security.bsd.see_other_gids=0
security.bsd.see_jail_proc=0
security.bsd.unprivileged_read_msgbuf=0
security.bsd.unprivileged_proc_debug=0
kern.randompid=1
dev.hwpstate_intel.0.epp=0

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/multimedia/#sound-mixer
• https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/thinkpad-x270-audio-device-hints-for-headphones.74193/

• For built-in speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack auto-switch

su -

ee '/boot/device.hints'

hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid20.config="as=1 seq=0"
hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid33.config="as=1 seq=15 device=Headphones"

su -

sysrc kld_list+="acpi_video"

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/printing/

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/articles/cups/

su - root -c 'service cupsd onestart'

su - root -c 'service cupsd onestop'

• http://localhost:631/admin
• Log-in as regular user (not root)

• Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
• HP
• IPP Everywhere ™
• Output Mode: DeviceGray
• Duplex: DuplexNoTumble ³⁾

ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

Kole

su -

ee '/etc/fstab'

# OpenJDK
fdesc /dev/fd fdescfs rw 0 0

# End

mount | grep 'fdescfs on /dev/fd'

mount | grep 'procfs on /proc'

• General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup
• Security → [x] Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons

• For Keyboard Shortcut

secret-tool store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

• TODO zfs_nas_format

zpool status 'zroot'

• Tweaks

• xorg.conf Snippets (75Hz, evdev)

xrandr --verbose

ee ~/'.xinitrc'

xrandr --output 'eDP-1' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full'
xrandr --output 'eDP-1' --set 'Colorspace' 'opRGB'
'.' '/usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc'

ee ~/'.xinitrc'

xrandr --output 'HDMI-1' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full'
xrandr --output 'HDMI-1' --set 'content type' 'Game'
xrandr --output 'HDMI-1' --set 'Colorspace' 'opRGB'
'.' '/usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc'

su -

ee '/usr/local/etc/profile.d/general-tweaks.sh'

# GTK
export GSK_RENDERER='cairo'
export GTK_A11Y='none'

# Mesa
export MESA_NO_ERROR='1'
export mesa_glthread='false'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_DATABASE='0'
export MESA_DISK_CACHE_SINGLE_FILE='0'

# Intel
export ANV_NO_GPL='1'

# End

• Notes
• Thunderbird uses some settings too ⁴⁾

• Post
• Video
• 2025/08/20: Still required to fix above video

su -

pkg install 'sndio'

• Application Autostart → + Add → Trigger: on login

xfce4-session-settings

'/usr/local/bin/sndiod'

• Green

A9D158

• Red

EA4335

• Blue

0078D4

• Keyboard Shortcut

mkdir -p ~/'.local/scripts' && ee ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh' && chmod +x ~/'.local/scripts/freebsd-updater.sh'

#!/bin/sh

ntpd -g -q > '/dev/null'

freebsd-update fetch install

pkg update -f
pkg upgrade
pkg autoremove

su 'espionage724' -c "'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' update -f"
su 'espionage724' -c "'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' upgrade"
su 'espionage724' -c "'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' autoremove"

su 'espionage724' -c "rm -Rf ~/'.cache/mesa_shader_cache'*"

sync
read -p 'Done. Press Enter to exit.' 'x'
sleep '2'

# End

• See misc