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FreeBSD-Stuff

This Repository is created as a reminder for post installation of the Operating System FreeBSD, which is a Unix-Like OS.

Post Installation (FreeBSD 13.1)

Stuff to do after installing FreeBSD

before doing anything make sure you use the su command to emulate the root user, otherwise you may face some problems.

Updates:

  1. Install updates and patches for the running branch of FreeBSD:
freebsd-update fetch install
  1. Update the FreeBSD Packages Repository:
pkg update

VirtualBox Graphics & Audio Drivers

In case you installed FreeBSD as a virtual machine using VirualBox, VirualBox comes with graphics and audio drivers which FreeBSD may have a problem identifying.

therefore we need to install and configure the emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions package

Installation:

You need to install the emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions package using the pkg installer:

pkg install emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions

Configuration:

To configure the vbox additions you will need to edit the file /etc/rc.conf using any text editor you have installed such as ee & vi

  1. Edit /etc/rc.conf:
ee /etc/rc.conf
  1. Add the following at the end of the /etc/rc.conf file:
vboxguest_enable="YES"
vboxservice_enable="YES"

FreeBSD - Desktop

As an example we will install and configure the mate desktop & slim but feel free to pick a desktop you want

Installing the Required Packages:

pkg install xorg mate-desktop mate slim

Configuration:

We will need to edit the /etc/rc.conf and enable dbus & slim etc..

  1. Edit /etc/rc.conf:
ee /etc/rc.conf
  1. Add the following in the end of the file
dbus_enable="YES"
slim_enable="YES"

also in the slim configuration file there is a commented default_user which we need to uncomment and set it up to our username, location: /usr/local/etc/slim.conf

  1. Edit /usr/local/etc/slim.conf:
ee /usr/local/etc/slim.conf
  1. Ucomment default_user (remove the # before it) the end result should look like this:
default_user  username

Now the final step is editing the .xinitrc for both user & root

user: navigate to /home/username by writing cd /home/username, edit .xinitrc and add the following:

exec mate-session

root: navigate to /root by writing cd /root, edit .xinitrc and add the same thing as the user, and reboot

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