• FreeBSD ¹⁾
• 14.2-RELEASE ²⁾
• Xfce ³⁾

• 2025/03/10: FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE-p2 ⁴⁾

• 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 (adb pull works)
• Install note 32-bit libs https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-components

• Spinesnap = Dell Latitude 5591 laptop ⁵⁾

• https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/14.2/

FreeBSD-14.2-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img

• https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/#bsdinstall-partitioning

• UFS

• [x] local_unbound
• Everything else unchecked

• [x] Everything checked

• Invite to other groups: wheel
• Shell: sh

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

• 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

su -

freebsd-update fetch install

sync && reboot

su -

pkg update -f

pkg upgrade

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

su -

pkg install xorg 'drm-515-kmod' 'gpu-firmware-intel-kmod-kabylake'

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 && reboot

• Username → Password → startx

startx

• TODO: Move somewhere else (not actively used)

su -

mkdir -p '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos' && ee '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-latest.conf'

FreeBSD: { enabled: no }

FreeBSD-latest: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest",
  enabled: yes,
  priority: 0,
  mirror_type: "SRV",
  signature_type: "FINGERPRINTS",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}

• TODO: Move somewhere else (not actively used)

• https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports/2024-December/006997.html

su -

mkdir -p '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos' && ee '/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-kmods-latest.conf'

FreeBSD-kmods-latest: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/kmods_latest_${VERSION_MINOR}",
  enabled: yes,
  priority: 1,
  mirror_type: "SRV",
  signature_type: "FINGERPRINTS",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg"
}

su -

pkg install xdg-user-dirs filezilla firefox

• Done from regular user and not su

exit

xdg-user-dirs-update --force

su -

pkg install evince-lite thunderbird foliate gbrainy gimp keepassxc libreoffice mate-calc mpv 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-devel noto unar wget xarchiver xrandr yt-dlp 

• https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
• https://www.freshports.org/x11-themes/chicago95

chicago95

• https://www.freshports.org/x11-fm/rox-filer/
• Interesting for a spatial file manager

rox-filer

• https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fastfetch

fastfetch

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

wine-devel wine-gecko-devel wine-mono-devel winetricks

libva-intel-media-driver

neverball

• Doomsday Engine

doomsday fluid-soundfont

• FlightGear
• Sidewinder Precision Pro Joystick Bindings

flightgear flightgear-data

tor-browser

• operator to allow general reboot/power-off

su -

pw groupmod 'operator' -m 'espionage724'

• Done from regular user and not su

exit

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

'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' install wine-devel mesa-dri 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

• Style → Chicago95
• Icons → Chicago95
• Fonts → Enable anti-aliasing → Uncheck and re-check for full check-mark
• Fonts → Rendering → Hinting: None
• Fonts → Rendering → Sub-pixel order: None
• Fonts → DPI → Custom DPI setting: 96

008080

• Items → Add → Whisker Menu (move to beginning of Items and remove Applications Menu)

• Items → Status Tray Plugin → Fixed icon size (pixels): 16
• Items → Status Tray Plugin → Uncheck Square items

• Whisker Menu
• Separator (Handle)
• Window Buttons
• Separator (Transparent, Expand)
• Separator (Handle)
• Workspace Switcher
• Separator (Handle)
• Status Tray Plugin (Fixed 16, uncheck Square items)
• Separator (Handle)
• Power Manager Plugin
• Separator (Handle)
• Clock

• General → Uncheck Show generic application names
• General → Uncheck Show application descriptions
• General → Menu width: 425
• General → Menu height: 525
• General → Background opacity: 100

• Appearance → [x] Position search entry on bottom
• Appearance → [x] Position commands next to search entry
• Appearance → Profile: Hidden
• Appearance → Display: Icon and title
• Appearance → Display: Start

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

• Appearance → Uncheck Show flat buttons
• Appearance → Uncheck Show handle
• Appearance → Sort order: None, allow drag-and-drop

• Behaviour → Uncheck Group windows by application
• Behaviour → Uncheck Switch windows using the mouse wheel

• Time Settings → Timezone: America/New_York
• Appearance → Layout: Digital
• Clock Options → Layout: Date, then time
• Clock Options → Date/Time Format: Custom Format

• Date

%a, %b %d

• Time

%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

• Screensaver → Floating Xfce
• Screensaver → Regard the computer as idle after: 1 minutes
• Lock Screen → Lock the screen after the screensaver is active for: 5 minutes
• Lock Screen → Disable Session Status Messages
• Lock Screen → Disable User Switching

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

xfconf-query --channel 'thunar' --property '/misc-volume-management' --set 'false'

xfconf-query --channel 'thunar' --property '/misc-show-delete-action' --set 'true'

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-notifyd' --property '/theme' --type 'string' --set 'Chicago95' --create

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/misc-show-unsafe-paste-dialog' --set 'false'

xfconf-query --channel 'xfce4-terminal' --property '/font-use-system' --set 'true'

• Repeat delay: 400
• Repeat speed: 30

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

xfce4-terminal --title='FreeBSD Updater' --command "su - 'root' -c 'freebsd-update fetch install && pkg update --force && pkg upgrade && sync && echo 'Done' && sleep '3''"

xfce4-popup-whiskermenu

• Vol Up

mixer 'vol'='+5%' > '/dev/null'

• Vol Down

mixer 'vol'='-5%' > '/dev/null'

• Vol Mute

mixer 'vol'='mute=toggle' > '/dev/null'

• Brightness Up

backlight incr '10'

• Brightness Down

backlight decr '10'

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• F6
• Super/Windows Key
• mixer commands bound to AudioRaiseVolume, AudioLowerVolume, and Audio Mute ⁶⁾
• backlight commands bound to MonBrightnessUp and MonBrightnessDown ⁷⁾

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 'vol'='+5%' > '/dev/null'" --create

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

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

su -

ee '/boot/loader.conf'

security.bsd.allow_destructive_dtrace=0
autoboot_delay=2
hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.fullpower=100

hw.i915kms.enable_psr=0
hw.i915kms.enable_fbc=0
hw.i915kms.enable_dc=0
hw.i915kms.disable_power_well=0

hw.acpi.osname="Windows 2017"

exec="gop set 0"

• TODO: Under misc

boot

gop list

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"
defaultrouter="192.168.1.1"
ifconfig_em0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
local_unbound_enable="YES"
moused_nondefault_enable="NO"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="NO"
kld_list="i915kms acpi_video"
dbus_enable="YES"
webcamd_enable="YES"

• 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
• Last tested: 2024/12/11

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/network/#configuring-nameserver
• Already done during install by local_unbound

cat '/etc/rc.conf' | grep 'local_unbound_enable'

cat '/etc/resolv.conf'

su -

ee '/etc/resolv.conf'

nameserver 127.0.0.1
options edns0

• 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 ⁸⁾

ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

Kole

• See Joystick

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && ee ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

save-position-on-quit
sub-auto=fuzzy
force-window=yes
profile=gpu-hq
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
tscale=oversample
hwdec=vaapi
hwdec-codecs=all

• 2024/11/25: openjdk17 is a dependency for libreoffice

su -

ee '/etc/fstab'

# OpenJDK
fdesc /dev/fd fdescfs rw 0 0

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

• TODO zfs_nas_format

• See Wine

• xorg.conf Snippets (75Hz, evdev)

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='gl'

# Mesa
export mesa_glthread='false'
export MESA_NO_ERROR='1'

# Intel
export ANV_PRIMITIVE_REPLICATION_MAX_VIEWS='0'
export ANV_NO_GPL='1'

# End

• See Firefox

• See misc