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Information

  • FreeBSD
  • 14.3-RELEASE
  • Xfce
  • Spinesnap = Dell Latitude 5591 1)
FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p2

TODOs

Download

FreeBSD-14.3-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img

Installation Notes

Partitioning

DEVICE         MAJ:MIN SIZE TYPE                                    LABEL MOUNT
nda0             0:87  954G GPT                                         - -
  nda0p1         0:89  260M efi                              gpt/efiboot0 /boot/efi
  nda0p2         0:91  2.0G freebsd-swap                 gpt/freebsd-swap SWAP
  nda0p3         0:93  952G freebsd-zfs                   gpt/freebsd-zfs <ZFS>

System Configuration

System Hardening

User

  • Invite to other groups: wheel
  • Shell: sh

Network

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

Network

Wifi

  • :!: Don't install firmware packages presented during install with wifi as main interface (but get names)
  • SSID chosen gets configured in rc.conf and wpa_supplicant.conf, needs manual psk= later (connects to random open AP at first)

USB Tethering

su -
sysrc ifconfig_ue0=SYNCDHCP
/etc/netstart

Time Sync

su -
ntpd -g -q

Update

FreeBSD

su -
freebsd-update fetch install
sync && exit & reboot

pkg

su -
pkg update -f
pkg upgrade

Firmware

su -
fwget -v

Xorg

su -
pkg install xorg 'drm-61-kmod'
pw groupmod video -m espionage724
sysrc kld_list+=i915kms

Xfce

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

Login

  • Username → Password → startx
startx

Software

Initial

su -
pkg install firefox-esr xdg-user-dirs filezilla

XDG Dirs

  • :!: Done from regular user and not su
exit
xdg-user-dirs-update --force

General

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

Specs

fastfetch lsblk

Wine

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

Intel

libva-intel-driver

Games

neverball

DevilutionX

devilutionX

Doomsday Engine

doomsday

OpenVPN

openvpn-devel

Tor Browser

tor-browser

Settings

Groups

  • operator to allow general reboot/power-off from xfce4-whiskermenu
su -
pw groupmod 'operator' -m 'espionage724'

32-bit Wine

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

MIME

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'

Xfce

Appearance

  • Style → Chicago95
  • Icons → Chicago95

Desktop

  • 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

Panel 1

Display

  • Measurements → Row size (pixels): 30

Items

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

Whisker Menu

  • 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)

Window Buttons

  • 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

Clock

  • Appearance → Layout: Digital
  • Clock Options → Layout: Date, then time
  • Clock Options → Date/Time Format: Custom Format
  • Date
%a, %b %d
  • Time
%l:%M %P

Power Manager

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

Terminal

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

Window Manager

  • Style → Theme → Chicago95

Window Manager Tweaks

  • 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

  • TODO

Settings

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'

Fonts

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

Keyboard

xfce4-keyboard-settings

Behavior

  • Repeat delay: 400
  • Repeat speed: 30

Shortcuts

  • 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

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

loader.conf

Spinesnap

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

Unused

hw.acpi.osname="Windows 2017"
exec="gop set 0"

Boot Commands

  • TODO: Under misc
boot
gop list

rc.conf

Spinesnap

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"

Wifi TODO

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

sysctl.conf

Spinesnap

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

device.hints

Spinesnap

  • 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"

Backlight

su -
sysrc kld_list+="acpi_video"

Printer

CUPS

su - root -c 'service cupsd onestart'
su - root -c 'service cupsd onestop'

Printer

  • Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
  • HP
  • IPP Everywhere ™
  • Output Mode: DeviceGray
  • Duplex: DuplexNoTumble 4)
ipp://192.168.1.164/ipp/print
Kole

OpenJDK

su -
ee '/etc/fstab'
# OpenJDK
fdesc /dev/fd fdescfs rw 0 0

# End
mount | grep 'fdescfs on /dev/fd'
mount | grep 'procfs on /proc'

KeePassXC

Settings

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

Database Password on Keyring

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

Drive Maintenance

ZFS

zpool status 'zroot'

Wine

Xorg

Spinesnap

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'

Full RGB HDMI

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'

Tweaks

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

Firefox

  • Notes
  • Thunderbird uses some settings too 5)

sndio Audio Fix

  • Post
  • Video
  • 2025/08/20: Still required to fix above video
su -
pkg install 'sndio'

Autostart

  • Application Autostart → + Add → Trigger: on login
xfce4-session-settings
sndiod

Colors

  • Green
A9D158
  • Red
EA4335
  • Blue
0078D4

Scripts

Updater

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

Notable Folders and Commands

1)
i5-8400H, UHD 630, AX210, UEFI; no TB, no dGPU
2)
no point user → su - for initial set-up
3)
Samsung PM9A1
4)
presumably double-sided printing, flip-on-long-edge
5)
Settings → General → (bottom) → Config Editor = about:config
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