bsd:freebsd_14.1_xfce
Table of Contents
Information
TODOs
- Joystick devd.conf
- PC speaker beep at log-in (thread)
- Solo U2F key and Firefox (thread)
- ZFS repair notes/commands
- Wargus with GOG files (works; wine gog install, no xpac 2nd extract)
- 720p 1080p desktop res change desktop launchers
- Wine
wine.bin
kill desktop launcher - Xfce Sticky Keys notification (thread)
- i915 GuC/HuC firmware (thread)
- Android
adb
(post)
Download
FreeBSD-14.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
Installation Notes
Partitioning
ZFS
- Auto ZFS on Root
- Pool Type/Disks: stripe: 1 disk (
nda0
, 512e Sectors, wiped NVMe) NO
Force 4K Sectors
System Configuration
- [x]
local_unbound
sshd
uncheckedmoused
unchecked- [x]
ntpd
- [x]
ntpd_sync_on_start
powerd
uncheckeddumpdev
unchecked
System Hardening
- [x]
clear_tmp
- [x]
disable_syslogd
User
- Invite to other groups:
wheel
- Shell:
sh
Network
- DHCP or Static on Ethernet (
em0
) - DHCP on USB Tether (
ue0
) - Wifi didn't seem to ask for a passcode after scan/select during install 6)
Network
Wireless
- AC speeds aren't supported 7)
su -l
ee /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={ ssid="myssid" psk="mypsk" }
USB Tethering
- May also be any USB network device if it shows under
ue#
su -l
sysrc ifconfig_ue0=SYNCDHCP
/etc/netstart
Update
FreeBSD
su -l
freebsd-update fetch install
sync && reboot
pkg
su -l
pkg update --force
pkg upgrade
Xorg
su -l
pkg install xorg drm-kmod
pw groupmod video -m espionage724
sysrc kld_list+=i915kms
Xfce
su -l
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
Login
- Username → Password →
startx
startx
Software
su -l
pkg install filezilla firefox xdg-user-dirs
pkg install evince-lite evolution foliate gbrainy gimp keepassxc libreoffice mate-calc mpv thunar-archive-plugin transmission-gtk 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 noto unar wget xarchiver xrandr yt-dlp
Wine
wine wine-gecko wine-mono winetricks
Intel
libva-intel-driver
Games
- TODO: Joystick fix for
neverball
neverball xonotic
DevilutionX
devilutionx
Doomsday Engine
doomsday fluid-soundfont
FlightGear
flightgear flightgear-data
Other
minecraft-client
Tor Browser
tor-browser
Settings
XDG Dirs
- Done from regular user and not
su
xdg-user-dirs-update --force
Groups
operator
to allow general reboot/power-off and VirtualBox
su -l
pw groupmod 'operator' -m 'espionage724'
32-bit Wine
- Needs done as regular user running Wine apps and not from
su
8)
'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' install wine mesa-dri gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-libav libressl
'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' update --force
'/usr/local/share/wine/pkg32.sh' upgrade
Xfce
Appearance
- Style → Greybird
- Icons → elementary Xfce
- Fonts → Enable anti-aliasing → Uncheck and re-check for full check-mark
- Fonts → Rendering → Hinting: None
- Fonts → Rendering → Sub-pixel order: None
- Fonts → DPI → Uncheck Custom DPI setting
Panel Preferences
- Items → Add → Whisker Menu (move to beginning of Items and remove Applications Menu) 9)
- Items → Window Buttons → Settings Wrench → Uncheck
Group windows by application
Terminal
- General → [x] Unlimited Scrollback
- Appearance → [x] Use system font
- Appearance → Background → Transparent Background
0.80
Window Manager
- Style → Theme → Greybird-dark
loader.conf
Spinesnap
su -l
ee '/boot/loader.conf'
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"
Unused
hw.acpi.osname="Windows 2017"
exec="gop set 0"
Boot Commands
- TODO: Under misc
boot
gop list
rc.conf
Spinesnap
su -l
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" ntpd_enable="YES" ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" moused_nondefault_enable="NO" # Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable dumpdev="NO" zfs_enable="YES" kld_list="i915kms" dbus_enable="YES" cupsd_enable="YES"
sysctl.conf
Spinesnap
- TODO: Device hint or devd.conf to change the epp state on AC/BAT states?
su -l
ee '/etc/sysctl.conf'
#security.bsd.see_other_uids=0 dev.hwpstate_intel.0.epp=0
device.hints
Spinesnap
- For built-in speaker and 3.5mm headphone jack auto-switch
- Last updated: 2024/09/09
su -l
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"
Keyboard Shortcuts
bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"
xfce4-terminal --title='FreeBSD Updater' --command "su -l 'root' -c 'freebsd-update fetch install && pkg update --force && pkg upgrade && sync && echo 'Done' && sleep '3''"
xfce4-popup-whiskermenu
mixer 'vol'='+5%' >> /dev/null 2>&1
mixer 'vol'='-5%' >> /dev/null 2>&1
mixer 'vol'='mute=toggle' >> /dev/null 2>&1
Keys
- Listed respectively to above
- Ctrl + Alt + Z
- F6
- Super/Windows Key
Network
local-unbound DNS
- Already done during install by
local_unbound
cat '/etc/rc.conf' | grep 'local_unbound_enable'
su -l
ee '/etc/resolv.conf'
nameserver 127.0.0.1 options edns0
Printer
CUPS
Printer
- Log-in as regular user (not
root
)
- Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
- HP
- IPP Everywhere ™
- Output Mode: DeviceGray
- Duplex: DuplexNoTumble 11)
ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print
Kole
Game Controllers
- See Joystick
profile.d
Mesa
su -l
ee '/usr/local/etc/profile.d/Mesa-tweaks.sh'
# Mesa export MESA_DISK_CACHE_SINGLE_FILE='1' export MESA_DISK_CACHE_DATABASE='1' export MESA_DISK_CACHE_COMBINE_RW_WITH_RO_FOZ='1' export VAAPI_MPEG4_ENABLED='1' export mesa_glthread='true' export MESA_NO_ERROR='1' # End
KeePassXC
Settings
- General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup
- Security → [x] Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons
Add Database Password to GNOME Keyring
secret-tool store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'
mpv
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
Secure Shell
- TODO
Drive Maintenance
- TODO
Wine
- See Wine
Xorg
- xorg.conf Snippets (75Hz,
evdev
)
Full RGB HDMI
xrandr
lines go abovexfce4/xinitrc
ee ~/'.xinitrc'
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --set "Broadcast RGB" Full xrandr --output HDMI-1 --set "content type" Game
Firefox
- See Firefox
Notable Folders and Commands
Font Cache
fc-cache -r -v
Drive Wipe
gpart show
gpart destroy -F 'da0'
USB Flash Drive
camcontrol devlist
usbconfig -d '/dev/ugen0.6' power_off
User/Group
awk -F":" '{print $1}' /etc/passwd
awk -F":" '{print $1}' /etc/group
pkg
x
is package name
pkg info -l x
pkg autoremove
Handbook
pkg info -l 'en-freebsd-doc'
gio open '/usr/local/share/doc/freebsd/en/books/handbook'
CPU Frequency
su -l root -c "sysctl 'dev.cpu.0.freq' 'dev.cpu.1.freq' 'dev.cpu.2.freq' 'dev.cpu.3.freq' 'dev.cpu.4.freq' 'dev.cpu.5.freq' 'dev.cpu.6.freq' 'dev.cpu.7.freq'"
Network Restart
su -l
'/etc/netstart'
hw-probe
Crashdump Clean-up
rm -fv ~/*'.core'
Xfce Settings Reset
rm -fv ~/'.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml'
gio open ~/'.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml'
gio open ~/'.config/xfce4/xfconf'
Audio Output Switch
mixer -a
echo ' Headphones ' && mixer -d 'pcm1' -f '/dev/mixer1'
echo ' Onboard ' && mixer -d 'pcm0' -f '/dev/mixer0'
Logs
newsyslog -v -CC -N
cat '/dev/null' > '/var/log/all.log'
cat '/dev/null' > '/var/log/Xorg.0.log'
gio open '/var/log'
ls -la '/var/log'
syslog.conf
all.log
Enable
- Uncomment
su -l
ee '/etc/syslog.conf'
#*.* /var/log/all.log
Permissions
su -l
touch '/var/log/all.log' && chmod '600' '/var/log/all.log'
View
su -l
ee '/var/log/all.log'
Other Files/Paths
- TODO
5)
dvd1: Additionally, this can be written to a USB memory stick (flash drive) for the amd64 architecture and used to do an install on machines capable of booting off USB drives.
6)
works post-install
7)
2024/09/08: Intel Wireless-AC 9560: 30MB/s from NAS with
wifibox
, 2MB/s native, 15MB/s USB Tether8)
pkg32.sh
has echo “Don't run this script as root!”
9)
default app menu doesn't allow right-clicking desktop entries which prevents extra 2004scape and Wine launcher stuff
10)
when set from a USB keyboard, requires
hw.usb.usbhid.enable=1
11)
presumably double-sided printing, flip-on-long-edge
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