DaVinci Resolve Freebsd

Davinci Resolve install on Freebsd using the Linuxulator

DaVinci Resolve installed in a Ubuntu Mantic chroot on Freebsd

Features

Nvidia and Cuda enabled

Xwayland on Wayland or Xephyr on X11 is used to display Davinci Resolve on Freebsd

Audio routed from the chroot to the host using a pulseaudio socket for zero latency

Video directory from the Freebsd host mounted inside the home directory in the chroot

Opened using a Desktop entry on Freebsd

Freebsd

System Requirements to run Davinci Resolve

16 GB of system memory. 32 GB when using Fusion.
GPU: Discrete with at least 2GB VRAM, supporting OpenCL 1.2 or CUDA 11.

Clone the DaVinci Resolve Freebsd git repository

Clone this repository by running the following command

git clone https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/davinci-resolve-freebsd.git

Tree listing

Tree list of the DaVinci Resolve Freebsd git repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd
├── README.org
├── assets
│   ├── apt
│   │   └── apt-installed.txt
│   └── screenshot
│       └── screenshot.png
├── compat
│   └── ubuntu
│       ├── etc
│       │   ├── apt
│       │   │   └── sources.list
│       │   ├── default
│       │   │   └── locale
│       │   └── modprobe.d
│       │       └── blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
│       ├── home
│       │   └── username
│       │       ├── .config
│       │       │   ├── gpu
│       │       │   │   └── dummy-uvm.so
│       │       │   └── pulse
│       │       │       └── client.conf
│       │       ├── .zshenv
│       │       └── .zshrc
│       └── usr
│           └── local
│               └── bin
│                   └── wrapper-resolve
└── freebsd
    ├── home
    │   └── username
    │       ├── .config
    │       │   └── pulse
    │       │       ├── .config
    │       │       │   └── pulse
    │       │       └── default.pa
    │       └── .local
    │           └── share
    │               └── applications
    │                   └── davinci-resolve.desktop
    └── usr
        └── local
            ├── bin
            │   └── resolve
            ├── etc
            │   ├── doas.conf
            │   └── rc.d
            │       └── ubuntu
            └── share
                └── debootstrap
                    └── scripts
                        ├── lunar
                        └── mantic

36 directories, 18 files

Freebsd Nvidia and Cuda

Make sure Nvidia and Cuda is set up on the Freebsd host

sudo pkg install nvidia-driver linux-nvidia-libs libc6-shim libvdpau-va-gl libva-nvidia-driver

run nv-sglrun nvidia-smi

nv-sglrun nvidia-smi

nv-sglrun nvidia-smi output

shim init
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.146.02             Driver Version: 535.146.02   CUDA Version: 12.2     |

debootstrap install

Install debootstrap which we use to create an ubuntu chroot on freebsd

Debootstrap - Debian Wiki

Linux Binary Compatibility

sudo pkg install debootstrap

doas install

doas.conf man page

Install doas so we enter the chroot without being prompted for a password

sudo pkg install doas

Edit the doas.conf file and change username to your username on freebsd

Path to the doas.conf on freebsd

/usr/local/etc/doas.conf

doas.conf

doas.conf

Path to doas.conf in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/etc/doas.conf

doas.conf code

# permit user
permit keepenv :username

# chroot
permit nopass :username cmd chroot

# root as root
permit nopass keepenv root as root

Stop linux if its running

If you have centos installed in

/compat/linux

You need to stop it before starting ubuntu
because you can only run instance of the linuxulator at a time

If you don’t have a linux install in /compat/linux you can skip this step

Stop linux

sudo service linux stop

Use sysrc to set linux_enable=”NO” in your /etc/rc.conf

sudo sysrc linux_enable="NO"

or you can edit your

/etc/rc.conf

and set linux_enable to NO

linux_enable="NO"

Reboot so the linux mount points are unmounted

Ubuntu rc.d script

Ubuntu script

ubuntu

Path to ubuntu script in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ubuntu

Copy the ubuntu script from the repository to

/usr/local/etc/rc.d/

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/etc/rc.d/ubuntu /usr/local/etc/rc.d/

Make the script executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ubuntu

ubuntu code

#!/bin/sh
#
# PROVIDE: ubuntu
# REQUIRE: archdep mountlate
# KEYWORD: nojail
#
# This is a modified version of /etc/rc.d/linux
# Based on the script by mrclksr:
# https://github.com/mrclksr/linux-browser-installer/blob/main/rc.d/ubuntu.in
#
. /etc/rc.subr

name="ubuntu"
desc="Enable Ubuntu chroot, and Linux ABI"
rcvar="ubuntu_enable"
start_cmd="${name}_start"
stop_cmd=":"

unmounted()
{
    [ `stat -f "%d" "$1"` == `stat -f "%d" "$1/.."` -a \
      `stat -f "%i" "$1"` != `stat -f "%i" "$1/.."` ]
}

ubuntu_start()
{
    local _emul_path _tmpdir

    load_kld -e 'linux(aout|elf)' linux
    case `sysctl -n hw.machine_arch` in
    amd64)
        load_kld -e 'linux64elf' linux64
        ;;
    esac
    if [ -x /compat/ubuntu/sbin/ldconfigDisabled ]; then
        _tmpdir=`mktemp -d -t linux-ldconfig`
        /compat/ubuntu/sbin/ldconfig -C ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache
        if ! cmp -s ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache /compat/ubuntu/etc/ld.so.cache; then
            cat ${_tmpdir}/ld.so.cache > /compat/ubuntu/etc/ld.so.cache
        fi
        rm -rf ${_tmpdir}
    fi

    # Linux uses the pre-pts(4) tty naming scheme.
    load_kld pty

    # Handle unbranded ELF executables by defaulting to ELFOSABI_LINUX.
    if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf64.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then
        sysctl kern.elf64.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null
    fi

    if [ `sysctl -ni kern.elf32.fallback_brand` -eq "-1" ]; then
        sysctl kern.elf32.fallback_brand=3 > /dev/null
    fi
    sysctl compat.linux.emul_path=/compat/ubuntu

    _emul_path="/compat/ubuntu"
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev" && (mount -o nocover -t devfs devfs "${_emul_path}/dev" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev/fd" && (mount -o nocover,linrdlnk -t fdescfs fdescfs "${_emul_path}/dev/fd" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/dev/shm" && (mount -o nocover,mode=1777 -t tmpfs tmpfs "${_emul_path}/dev/shm" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/home" && (mount -t nullfs /home "${_emul_path}/home" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/proc" && (mount -o nocover -t linprocfs linprocfs "${_emul_path}/proc" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/sys" && (mount -o nocover -t linsysfs linsysfs "${_emul_path}/sys" || exit 1)
    unmounted "${_emul_path}/tmp" && (mount -t nullfs /tmp "${_emul_path}/tmp" || exit 1)
    unmounted /dev/fd && (mount -o nocover -t fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd || exit 1)
    unmounted /proc && (mount -o nocover -t procfs procfs /proc || exit 1)
    true
}

load_rc_config $name
run_rc_command "$1"

Create the Linuxulator mount points for Ubuntu

Create necessary mount points for the Ubuntu Linuxulator chroot in

/compat/ubuntu

sudo mkdir -p {/compat/ubuntu/dev/fd,/compat/ubuntu/dev/shm,/compat/ubuntu/home,/compat/ubuntu/tmp,/compat/ubuntu/proc,/compat/ubuntu/sys}

Enable the Ubuntu service

Use sysrc to set ubuntu_enable=”YES” in your /etc/rc.conf

sudo sysrc ubuntu_enable="YES"

or you can edit your

/etc/rc.conf

and set ubuntu_enable to YES

ubuntu_enable="YES"

Start the Ubuntu service

sudo service ubuntu start

Check everything is mounted

mount

Create linuxulator script for lunar and mantic

debootstrap has a collection of scripts to install different version of debian and ubuntu

The debootstrap scripts are installed in this location of freebsd

/usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts

Ubuntu Jammy is the latest version of ubuntu including as a script with debootstrap

However there seems to be a bug with ubuntu jammy installed in a chroot on freebsd that sets the permission of a lot of binaries and libraries in the ubuntu chroot to 700

Which means that only the root user can execute the binaries and libaries
so you would have to run GUI applications as root

I copied one of the existing debootstrap files and added the Lunar and Mantic version of Ubuntu to the file which we will use later to install Ubuntu Mantic which doesn’t have the persmissions bug

Lunar and Mantic script in this repository

lunar
mantic

Path to the lunar script in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts/lunar

Copy the lunar script from the repository to the debootstrap scripts directory

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts/lunar /usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts

Path to the mantic script in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts/mantic

Copy the mantic script from the repository to the debootstrap scripts directory

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts/mantic /usr/local/share/debootstrap/scripts

Lunar and Mantic code

case $ARCH in
  amd64|i386)
	case $SUITE in
	  gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|lunar|mantic|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|utopic|vivid|wily|yakkety|zesty)
	default_mirror http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
	  ;;
	  *)
	default_mirror http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
	;;
	esac
	;;
  sparc)
	case $SUITE in
	  gutsy)
	default_mirror http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
	;;
	  *)
	default_mirror http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
	;;
	esac
	;;
  *)
	default_mirror http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
	;;
esac
mirror_style release
download_style apt
finddebs_style from-indices
variants - buildd fakechroot minbase
keyring /usr/local/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg

if doing_variant fakechroot; then
	test "$FAKECHROOT" = "true" || error 1 FAKECHROOTREQ "This variant requires fakechroot environment to be started"
fi

case $ARCH in
	alpha|ia64) LIBC="libc6.1" ;;
	kfreebsd-*) LIBC="libc0.1" ;;
	hurd-*)     LIBC="libc0.3" ;;
	*)          LIBC="libc6" ;;
esac

case $SUITE in
	gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|lunar|mantic|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial|yakkety|zesty|artful|bionic|cosmic|disco|eoan|focal|groovy|hirsute) ;;
	*)
		# impish+ will use zstd compression, check if supported
		dpkg_zstd="$(dpkg-deb --help 2>/dev/null | grep ' zstd,' || :)"
		if [ -z "$EXTRACTOR_OVERRIDE" ] && [ -z "$dpkg_zstd" ]; then
			info CHOSENEXTRACTOR "%s uses zstd compression, setting --extractor=ar option" "$SUITE"
			export EXTRACTOR_OVERRIDE=ar
		fi
	;;
esac

work_out_debs () {
	required="$(get_debs Priority: required)"

	if doing_variant - || doing_variant fakechroot; then
		#required="$required $(get_debs Priority: important)"
		#  ^^ should be getting debconf here somehow maybe
		base="$(get_debs Priority: important)"
	elif doing_variant buildd; then
		base="apt build-essential"
	elif doing_variant minbase; then
		base="apt"
	fi

	if doing_variant fakechroot; then
		# ldd.fake needs binutils
		required="$required binutils"
	fi

	case $MIRRORS in
	    https://*)
		case "$CODENAME" in
			gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|lunar|mantic|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial|yakkety|zesty)
			base="$base apt-transport-https ca-certificates"
			;;
			*)
			base="$base ca-certificates"
			;;
		esac
		;;
	esac

	# do not install usrmerge in fresh bootstraps
	# but do print it for germinate to accept it into minimal
	if [ "$WHAT_TO_DO" = "finddebs printdebs kill_target" ]; then
		case "$CODENAME" in
			# "merged-usr" blacklist for past releases
			gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|lunar|mantic|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial|yakkety|zesty|artful|bionic|cosmic|disco|eoan|focal|groovy)
			;;
			hirsute)
				# keep hirsute buildd chroots split-usr to allow for escape hatch
				if ! doing_variant buildd; then
					if [ -z "$MERGED_USR" ] || [ "$MERGED_USR" = "yes" ]; then
						base="$base usrmerge"
					fi
				fi
				;;
			*)
				# all future series post hirsute use merged-usr in buildd chroots too
				if [ -z "$MERGED_USR" ] || [ "$MERGED_USR" = "yes" ]; then
					base="$base usrmerge"
				fi
				;;
		esac
	fi
}

first_stage_install () {
	case "$CODENAME" in
		# "merged-usr" blacklist for past releases
		gutsy|hardy|intrepid|jaunty|karmic|lucid|lunar|mantic|maverick|natty|oneiric|precise|quantal|raring|saucy|trusty|utopic|vivid|wily|xenial|yakkety|zesty|artful|bionic|cosmic)
			[ -z "$MERGED_USR" ] && MERGED_USR="no"
			;;
		disco|eoan|focal|groovy)
			# see https://bugs.debian.org/838388
			EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS="$EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -k"
			;;
		hirsute)
			# keep hirsute buildd chroots split-usr to allow for escape hatch
			if [ -z "$MERGED_USR" ]; then
				if doing_variant buildd; then
					MERGED_USR="no"
				else
					MERGED_USR="yes"
				fi
			fi
			# see https://bugs.debian.org/838388
			EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS="$EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -k"
			;;
		*)
			# all future series post hirsute use merged-usr in buildd chroots too
			[ -z "$MERGED_USR" ] && MERGED_USR="yes"
			# see https://bugs.debian.org/838388
			EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS="$EXTRACT_DEB_TAR_OPTIONS -k"
			;;
	esac

	setup_merged_usr
	extract $required

	mkdir -p "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg"
	: >"$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/status"
	: >"$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/available"

	setup_etc
	if [ ! -e "$TARGET/etc/fstab" ]; then
		echo '# UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM' > "$TARGET/etc/fstab"
		chown 0:0 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"; chmod 644 "$TARGET/etc/fstab"
	fi

	setup_devices

        if doing_variant fakechroot || [ "$CONTAINER" = "docker" ]; then
		setup_proc_symlink
	fi
}

second_stage_install () {
	in_target /bin/true

	setup_dynamic_devices

	x_feign_install () {
		local pkg="$1"
		local deb="$(debfor $pkg)"
		local ver="$(in_target dpkg-deb -f "$deb" Version)"

		mkdir -p "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/info"

		echo \
"Package: $pkg
Version: $ver
Maintainer: unknown
Status: install ok installed" >> "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/status"

		touch "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/info/${pkg}.list"
	}

	x_feign_install dpkg

	x_core_install () {
		smallyes '' | in_target dpkg --force-depends --install $(debfor "$@")
	}

	p () {
		baseprog="$(($baseprog + ${1:-1}))"
	}

	if ! doing_variant fakechroot; then
		setup_proc
		in_target /sbin/ldconfig
	fi

	DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
	DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true
	export DEBIAN_FRONTEND DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN

	baseprog=0
	bases=7

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #1
	info INSTCORE "Installing core packages..."

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #2
	ln -sf mawk "$TARGET/usr/bin/awk"
	x_core_install base-passwd
	x_core_install base-files
	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #3
	x_core_install dpkg

	if [ ! -e "$TARGET/etc/localtime" ]; then
		ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/UTC "$TARGET/etc/localtime"
	fi

	if doing_variant fakechroot; then
		install_fakechroot_tools
	fi

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #4
	x_core_install $LIBC

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #5
	x_core_install perl-base

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #6
	rm "$TARGET/usr/bin/awk"
	x_core_install mawk

	p; progress $baseprog $bases INSTCORE "Installing core packages" #7
	if doing_variant -; then
		x_core_install debconf
	fi

	baseprog=0
	bases=$(set -- $required; echo $#)

	info UNPACKREQ "Unpacking required packages..."

	exec 7>&1

	smallyes '' |
		(repeatn 5 in_target_failmsg UNPACK_REQ_FAIL_FIVE "Failure while unpacking required packages.  This will be attempted up to five times." "" \
		dpkg --status-fd 8 --force-depends --unpack $(debfor $required) 8>&1 1>&7 || echo EXITCODE $?) |
		dpkg_progress $baseprog $bases UNPACKREQ "Unpacking required packages" UNPACKING

	info CONFREQ "Configuring required packages..."

	if doing_variant fakechroot && [ -e "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst" ]
	then
		# fix initscripts postinst (no mounting possible, and wrong if condition)
		sed -i '/dpkg.*--compare-versions/ s/\<lt\>/lt-nl/' "$TARGET/var/lib/dpkg/info/initscripts.postinst"
	fi

	echo \
"#!/bin/sh
exit 101" > "$TARGET/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d"
	chmod 755 "$TARGET/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d"

	mv "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon" "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL"
	echo \
"#!/bin/sh
echo
echo \"Warning: Fake start-stop-daemon called, doing nothing\"" > "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon"
	chmod 755 "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon"

	if [ -x "$TARGET/sbin/initctl" ]; then
	  mv "$TARGET/sbin/initctl" "$TARGET/sbin/initctl.REAL"
	  echo \
"#!/bin/sh
if [ \"\$1\" = version ]; then exec /sbin/initctl.REAL \"\$@\"; fi
echo
echo \"Warning: Fake initctl called, doing nothing\"" > "$TARGET/sbin/initctl"
	  chmod 755 "$TARGET/sbin/initctl"
	fi

	setup_dselect_method apt

	smallyes '' |
		(in_target_failmsg CONF_REQ_FAIL "Failure while configuring required packages." "" \
		dpkg --status-fd 8 --configure --pending --force-configure-any --force-depends 8>&1 1>&7 || echo EXITCODE $?) |
		dpkg_progress $baseprog $bases CONFREQ "Configuring required packages" CONFIGURING

	baseprog=0
	bases="$(set -- $base; echo $#)"

	info UNPACKBASE "Unpacking the base system..."

	setup_available $required $base
	done_predeps=
	while predep=$(get_next_predep); do
		# We have to resolve dependencies of pre-dependencies manually because
		# dpkg --predep-package doesn't handle this.
		predep=$(without "$(without "$(resolve_deps $predep)" "$required")" "$done_predeps")
		# XXX: progress is tricky due to how dpkg_progress works
		# -- cjwatson 2009-07-29
		# This step sometimes fails due to some missing functionality in Linuxulator.  Just ignore it.
		set +e
		p; smallyes '' |
		in_target dpkg --force-overwrite --force-confold --skip-same-version --install $(debfor $predep)
		rc=$?
		base=$(without "$base" "$predep")
		done_predeps="$done_predeps $predep"

		if [ $rc != 0 ]; then
			warning FREEBSD_00 "Applying FreeBSD-specific workaround..."
			# ... for "Failed to mount /etc/machine-id: Bad address" with Focal.
			in_target truncate -s0 /var/lib/dpkg/info/systemd.postinst
			in_target dpkg --configure systemd
		fi
		set -e
	done

	if [ -n "$base" ]; then
		smallyes '' |
			(repeatn 5 in_target_failmsg INST_BASE_FAIL_FIVE "Failure while installing base packages.  This will be re-attempted up to five times." "" \
			dpkg --status-fd 8 --force-overwrite --force-confold --skip-same-version --unpack $(debfor $base) 8>&1 1>&7 || echo EXITCODE $?) |
			dpkg_progress $baseprog $bases UNPACKBASE "Unpacking base system" UNPACKING

		info CONFBASE "Configuring the base system..."

		# This step sometimes fails due to some missing functionality in Linuxulator.  Just ignore it.
		set +e
		smallyes '' |
			(repeatn 5 in_target_failmsg CONF_BASE_FAIL_FIVE "Failure while configuring base packages.  This will be re-attempted up to five times." "" \
			dpkg --status-fd 8 --force-confold --skip-same-version --configure -a 8>&1 1>&7 || echo EXITCODE $?) |
			dpkg_progress $baseprog $bases CONFBASE "Configuring base system" CONFIGURING
		set -e
	fi

	if [ -x "$TARGET/sbin/initctl.REAL" ]; then
		mv "$TARGET/sbin/initctl.REAL" "$TARGET/sbin/initctl"
	fi
	mv "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon.REAL" "$TARGET/sbin/start-stop-daemon"
	rm -f "$TARGET/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d"

	echo \
"# Workaround for Linuxulator missing mremap(2) support; without it,
# apt(8) fails like this:
# E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Start.
APT::Cache-Start 251658240;" >> "$TARGET/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00freebsd"

	progress $bases $bases CONFBASE "Configuring base system"
	info BASESUCCESS "Base system installed successfully."
}

debootstrap install Ubuntu

Use debootstrap with the Mantic script we created earlier as well the url

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

to the Ubuntu archive with Lunar and Mantic and install Ubuntu into this location on Freebsd

/compat/ubuntu

debootstrap Ubuntu Mantic

sudo debootstrap --arch=amd64 --no-check-gpg mantic /compat/ubuntu http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

Restart Ubuntu

Restart the Ubuntu service to make sure everything is properly mounted:

sudo service ubuntu restart

Chroot into Ubuntu with doas

Use doas to chroot into Ubuntu as root without a password

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Set correct timezone inside your chroot

You will now be logged in as root inside the chroot

printf "%b\n" "0.0 0 0.0\n0\nUTC" > /etc/adjtime

Install sudo

apt install sudo

For some reason sudo is necessary here, otherwise it fails.

Run dpkg-reconfigure tzdata with sudo

sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Fix APT package manager

Run the following command as root

printf "APT::Cache-Start 251658240;" > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00aptitude

Enable more repositories:

Edit the apt sources.list and add more repositories
[trusted=yes] is needed for lunar and mantic

Freebsd path to the sources.list in the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list

Path to the sources.list in the chroot

/etc/apt/sources.list

sources.list

sources.list

Path to the sources.list file in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list

Copy the source.list from the freebsd host to the ubuntu chroot

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list /compat/ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list

sources.list code

deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ mantic main restricted universe multiverse
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ mantic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb [trusted=yes] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ mantic-security main restricted universe multiverse

apt update

Run the following commands as root to update and upgrade Ubuntu

apt update

Upgrade

apt upgrade

Set locale

Freebsd path to the locale in the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/etc/default/locale

Path to the locale in the chroot

/etc/default/locale

locale

Path to locale in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/etc/default/locale

Change the locale file to match your locale

Run the following commands as root

locale-gen

locale-gen

dpkg-reconfigure locales

dpkg-reconfigure locales

locale code

LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE=C
LC_MONETARY="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Shell install

Install the shell our user is going to use
it must match the shell set in the ubuntu /etc/passwd file which we will set up

Run the following command as root

apt install zsh pulseaudio

Copy user and group from Freebsd to Ubuntu

The Linuxulator will create a nullfs mount for home in the chroot that is already set to out username

So if we user useradd to create a user with our username it will give you an error that the home directory already exists

We can just copy the settings for our user from Freebsd passwd file

/etc/passwd

to the passwd file on Ubuntu

/compat/ubuntu/etc/passwd

Freebsd /etc/passwd

username:*:1001:1001:USER NAME:/home/username:/usr/local/bin/zsh

We also need to check that the shell path is correct
change zsh path to /bin/zsh in the chroot

Freebsd passwd

username:*:1001:1001:USER NAME:/home/username:/usr/local/bin/zsh

ubuntu passwd

Host path

/compat/ubuntu/etc/passwd

Chroot path

/etc/passwd

username:*:1001:1001:USER NAME:/home/djwilcox:/bin/zsh

Check your user and group on freebsd

id

Output

uid=1001(username) gid=1001(username) groups=1001(username),0(wheel),5(operator),44(video),47(realtime)

copy the group from freebsd to ubuntu

Freebsd /etc/group

username:*:1001:

Ubuntu /etc/group

username:*:1001:

Add user to groups in the chroot

Add the user we created to groups in the chroot
replace username with the username you created

Run the following command as root

usermod -a -G adm username
usermod -a -G cdrom username
usermod -a -G sudo username
usermod -a -G dip username
usermod -a -G plugdev username
usermod -a -G users username
usermod -a -G video username
usermod -a -G audio username
usermod -a -G pulse username
usermod -a -G pulse-access username

sudo set up

Run the following command as root

Edit the sudoers file with visudo

visudo

Add your user to the sudoers file, change username to your username

username ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

passwd

Create a passwd for your user, replace username with your username

Run the following command as root

passwd username

Couldnt resolve hostname fix

Add the your hostname from freebsd to the hosts file in the ubuntu chroot
to stop errors when using sudo saying couldnt resolve hostname

Freebsd path to the hosts in the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/etc/hosts

Path to the hosts in the chroot

/etc/hosts

hosts

127.0.0.1       hostname

Switch to out user with su

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Switch to your user in the chroot
replace username with your username

su - username

Davinci Resolve install

Davinci Resolve install on Ubuntu with Nvidia and Cuda

Nvidia install using the Ubuntu repo

Freebsd 14 p.6 quarterly branch Nvidia driver version is 550.54.14
which matches the extact version on Ubuntu Mantic

So rather than downloading and manually installing the Nvidia driver you can install it from the Ubuntu repo

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550-server

Nvidia download

Download the linux version matching the version on the freebsd host
the version must match exactly or it won’t work

https://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

Download link for 535.146.02

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/216728/en-us/

Copy the nvidia run file in the chroot home direcory

Change into the directory you download the nvidia drivers into on the freebsd host

then copy the nvidia run file into the home directory in the chroot

cp -rv NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.146.02.run /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"

Chroot into ubuntu

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Switch to our user
replace username with your username

su - username

Nvidia Pre-Installation Requirements

https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-installation-notes/index.html

Verify the system has build tools such as make, gcc installed

Install build-essential for gcc

sudo apt install build-essential

ffmpeg install

sudo apt install ffmpeg

Nvidia driver install

chmod the Nvidia run file

chmod +x NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.146.02.run

Install the Nvidia driver

sudo ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-535.146.02.run --install-compat32-libs --no-nvidia-modprobe --no-backup --no-kernel-module --no-x-check --no-nouveau-check --no-cc-version-check --no-kernel-module-source --no-check-for-alternate-installs --install-libglvnd --skip-depmod --no-systemd

xorriso and fakeroot install

Install fakeroot and xorriso for makeresolvedeb

sudo apt install fakeroot xorriso

Nvidia-cuda-toolkit

Install the nvidia-cuda-toolkit

sudo apt install nvidia-cuda-toolkit ocl-icd-opencl-dev libglu1-mesa libfuse2 initramfs-tools

Blacklist Nouveau Nvidia driver

Blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

Path to blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

Freebsd path to the blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf in the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

Path to the blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf in the chroot

/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf

On the Freebsd host create the modprobe.d directory in the chroot directory

sudo mkdir -p /compat/ubuntu/etc/modprobe.d

Copy the blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf file from the repository to the chroot

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf /compat/ubuntu/etc/modprobe.d

blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf code

blacklist nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0

update-initramfs

sudo update-initramfs -u

Davinci Resolve download

On the Freebsd host

Go to the Davinci Resolve website and click the
“Davinci Resolve Free Download Now” link

Davinci Resolve

then click the Linux download link for either the Free version or the paid Studio version
you will then need to register on the site with an email address

Once you have submitted the form the Davinci Resolve zip file will start to download,
the zip file has a file size of 2.4 gigabytes so may take an hour or so to download

Copy the Davinci Resolve zip into the home directory in the chroot

You dont need to use sudo to copy files in the home directory in the chroot
because we have the same user with the same id in the chroot as on the host

cp -rv DaVinci_Resolve_18.6.4_Linux.zip /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"

makeresolvedeb download

On the Freebsd host download the makeresolvedeb script

makeresolvedeb

Copy the makeresolvedeb_1.6.4_multi.sh.tar.gz from the freebsd host to the home directory in the chroot

cp -rv makeresolvedeb_1.6.4_multi.sh.tar.gz /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"

makeresolvedeb create deb file

Make sure you have chrooted into ubuntu by running

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Switch to out user in the chroot,
replace username with your username

su - username

Install zip

sudo apt install zip

Unzip the resolve zip

unzip DaVinci_Resolve_18.6.5_Linux.zip

Extract the makeresolvedeb.tar.gz file

tar zxvf makeresolvedeb_1.6.4_multi.sh.tar.gz

then run makeresolvedeb

./makeresolvedeb_1.6.4_multi.sh DaVinci_Resolve_18.6.5_Linux.run

This may take about an hour

DaVinci Resolve deb install

sudo dpkg -i davinci-resolve_18.6.5-mrd1.6.4_amd64.deb

or

sudo apt install davinci-resolve_18.6.5-mrd1.6.4_amd64.deb

libglib-2.0.so.0 fix

Change directory in the chroot to the resolve libs directory

cd /opt/resolve/libs

Rename libglib-2.0.so.0 to libglib-2.0.so.0.bak

sudo mv libglib-2.0.so.0 libglib-2.0.so.0.bak

Copy the libglib-2.0.so.0 from the chroot system lib directory to the resolve libs directory

sudo cp /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 /opt/resolve/libs/

Install liblog4cxx-dev

sudo apt install liblog4cxx-dev

gpu set up in the chroot

Ubuntu chroot

Make sure you have chrooted into Ubuntu by running

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Switch to out user in the chroot, replace username with your username

su - username

Create the gpu directory

mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/gpu"

Freebsd host

On the Freebsd host copy the dummy-uvm.so from the repository to the chroot

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/home/username/.config/gpu/dummy-uvm.so /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/.config/gpu

Wayland install

Wayland packages

Install some wayland packages and the wlroot compositor

sudo apt install libinput-tools wayland-protocols libwlroots11 libwlroots-dev libxkbcommon0 qtwayland5 qt6-wayland wayland-utils adwaita-qt qt5ct

Create the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR directory in the chroot

sudo mkdir -p /var/run/user/"$(id -u)"

Chown the directory

sudo chown -R "${USER}":"$(id -u)" /var/run/user/"$(id -u)"

Chmod the directory

sudo chmod 700 /var/run/user/"$(id -u)"

Wayland environment

We need to set some enviormental variables in our shell config

zshrc

Copy the zshrc config from this reposiory to the chroot

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/home/username/.zshrc /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"

zshenv

Copy the zshenv config from this reposiory to the chroot

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/home/username/.zshenv /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"

zshrc

We create a blank .zshrc file
otherwise zsh will complain that theres is no config file

~/.zshrc code

# ~/.zshrc

# add your zsh code below

zshenv

shell path

Set the shell path to include resolve bin directory
this allows us to type resolve

resolve

Instead of the full path to open Davinci Resolve in the chroot

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

Export the XDG directories
remember to create the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR directory

LD_PRELOAD is used to load the so file

export LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.config/gpu/dummy-uvm.so"

You need to export some variables for Nvidia
otherwise you won’t be able to drag a clip into the tim and you will get a error saying gpu is full

export __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1
export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia

Export DISPLAY so application use the Xwayland window on the host

export DISPLAY=:1

Davinci Resolve is a native Wayland application
so we need to set the QT_QPA_PLATFORM to xcb

export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb

~/.zshenv code

# ~/.zshenv

# Path
typeset -U PATH path
path=("/opt/resolve/bin" "$path[@]")
export PATH

# xdg directories
export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/var/run/user/`id -u`"

# dummy-uvm.so for access to the gpu
export LD_PRELOAD="$HOME/.config/gpu/dummy-uvm.so"
export __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1
export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia

# export display
export DISPLAY=:1

# qt5
export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb

X11 install

X11 install on Ubuntu in the chroot

sudo apt install xorg xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core

nvidia-smi

Use nvidia-smi to see GPU info and process that are using Nvidia GPU

Run the following command as your user in the chroot

nvidia-smi

nvidia-smi output

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.146.02             Driver Version: 535.146.02   CUDA Version: 12.2     |

Pulseaudio set up

Freebsd

default.pa

Use the pulseaudio default.pa config file to create a pulseaudio socket in the /tmp directory

The /tmp directory is mounted in the chroot and allows us to route the audio from the chroot to the host

default.pa

Copy the default.pa from this repository to

~/.config/pulse/default.pa

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/home/username/.config/pulse/default.pa "${HOME}/.config/pulse"

default.pa code

#!/usr/local/bin/pulseaudio -nF

# include default.pa and override
.include /usr/local/etc/pulse/default.pa

# chroot
.ifexists module-esound-protocol-unix.so
load-module module-esound-protocol-unix
.endif
load-module module-native-protocol-unix socket=/tmp/pulseaudio.socket

Ubuntu

client.conf

Full path to the client.conf from freebsd to the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/home/username/.config/pulse/client.conf

client.conf path in the chroot

~/.config/pulse/client.conf

client.conf

Copy client.conf from this repository into the chroot

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/home/username/.config/pulse/client.conf /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/.config/pulse

client.conf code

# This file is part of PulseAudio.
#
# PulseAudio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# PulseAudio is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
# General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
# along with PulseAudio; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

## Configuration file for PulseAudio clients. See pulse-client.conf(5) for
## more information. Default values are commented out.  Use either ; or # for
## commenting.

; default-sink = oss_output.dsp1
; default-source =
default-server = /tmp/pulseaudio.socket
; default-dbus-server =

; autospawn = yes
; daemon-binary = /usr/local/bin/pulseaudio
; extra-arguments = --log-target=syslog

; cookie-file =

; enable-shm = yes
; shm-size-bytes = 0 # setting this 0 will use the system-default, usually 64 MiB

; auto-connect-localhost = no
; auto-connect-display = no

Davinci Resolve check list

Starting Davinci Resolve manually on Wayland and X11 running on Freebsd

We need to manually test the steps to launch Davinci Resolve
before setting up the Desktop entry for Freebsd

Freebsd host

Start pulseaudio with the daemonize option

pulseaudio --start --daemonize

Make sure the pulseaudio.socket is created in the /tmp directory
the pulseaudio.socket is created by the default.pa pulseaudio file you set up earlier

ls -l /tmp

/tmp directory note the pulseaudio.socket

drwx------  2 djwilcox wheel   2 25 Feb 16:01 babel-KwYFVT
drwxr-xr-x  2 djwilcox wheel   2 25 Feb 16:01 babel-stable-30
srwxrwxrwx  1 djwilcox wheel   0 25 Feb 16:01 dbus-JgcNbycnKi
drwxr-xr-x  2 djwilcox wheel   3 25 Feb 17:31 emacs1001
-rw-r--r--  1 djwilcox wheel 244 25 Feb 17:34 emacs100127121-pollux~
srwxrwxrwx  1 djwilcox wheel   0 25 Feb 17:38 pulseaudio.socket
drwxr-xr-x  2 root     wheel   3 25 Feb 16:01 sndio
drwx------  2 djwilcox wheel   3 25 Feb 16:01 tmux-1001

Create the Xwayland or Xephyr window on Freebsd

We use Xwayland on Wayland or Xephyr on X11 to create a new window with an id of :1
in the chroot we set the DISPLAY variable to equal to :1 so that applications are displayed in the Freebsd window

Wayland

Create a 1920x1080 window

Xwayland -host-grab -geometry 1920x1080 :01

host-grab is needed so you can click around in resolve
press ctrl + shift to release the mouse

X11

Install Xephyr if you are running X11 on Freebsd

sudo pkg install Xephyr

Create a 1920x1080 fullscreen window

Xephyr -br -ac -noreset -screen 1920x1080 :1

Press ctrl + shift to release the mouse

chroot into Ubuntu

Use doas to chroot into Ubuntu as root without a password

doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

Switch to our user
replace username with your username

su - username

printenv

Run printenv in the chroot and check the DISPLAY variable is set to :1

printenv

Make sure the following options are set

DISPLAY set to 1, this is the id of the Xwayland window on the Freebsd host
PATH set to include the resolve bin directory so we can just type resolve to open Davinci Resolve
XDG directories are set up
LD_PRELOAD is set to load dummy-uvm.so
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD is set 1 needed otherwise you will get an error message saying gpu is full
__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME is set to nvidia needed otherwise you will get an error message saying gpu is full
QT_QPA_PLATFORM is set to xcb

Davinci Resolve use’s the qt framework but doesnt run as a native wayland application
so we need to QT_QPA_PLATFORM to xcb and not wayland

DISPLAY=:1
PATH=/opt/resolve/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/home/username/.config
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/home/username/.cache
XDG_DATA_HOME=/home/username/.local/share
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/run/user/1001
LD_PRELOAD=/home/username/.config/gpu/dummy-uvm.so
__NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD=1
__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland
WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-0
QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb

pactl info

Start pulseaudio on the Freebsd host

pulseaudio --start --daemonize

Run pactl info in the chroot

pactl info

Make sure the following options are set

Server String is set to /tmp/pulseaudio.socket
User Name is set to the username on the host
Host Name is set to the same hostname as on the freebsd host

Server String: /tmp/pulseaudio.socket
Library Protocol Version: 35
Server Protocol Version: 35
Is Local: yes
Client Index: 0
Tile Size: 65472
User Name: username
Host Name: hostname
Server Name: pulseaudio
Server Version: 16.1
Default Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default Channel Map: front-left,front-right
Default Sink: oss_output.dsp1
Default Source: oss_input.dsp0
Cookie: 1550:2200

Start Davinci Resolve

We set the shell path in the chroots .zshenv to include the resolve bin directory
so we can just type

resolve

instead of the full path to the binary

/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

In the Ubuntu chroot and not on the Freebsd host run resolve

resolve

Davinci Resolve will open in the Xwayland or Xephyr window on Freebsd

Switch to the home directory in the chroot if you have’t already

cd

List the contents of the home directory in the chroot
and you will see that several directories have been created including the Documents directory

The Documents is created because we set up the XDG directories in the chroots shell config

drwxrwxrwx 4 username username          4 Feb 22 22:25  CacheClip
drwxrwxrwx 3 username username          3 Feb 21 18:19  Documents
drwxrwxrwx 3 username username          3 Feb 18 21:43 'Resolve Project Backups'

If you list the contents of the Documents directory you will see it has created the BlackmagicDesign directory as well

drwxrwxrwx 3 username username 3 Feb 18 15:12 BlackmagicDesign

Davinci Resolve Desktop entry

Freebsd

resolve script

Freebsd script to launch Davinci Resolve from a Linuxulator chroot

The window is displayed on Freebsd using either Xwayland or Xephyr
and the audio is routed over a pulseaudio socket from the chroot to the host

resolve

Path to resolve in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/bin/resolve

Copy the resolve script from the repository to the freebsd bin directory

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/usr/local/bin/resolve /usr/local/bin

resolve code

#!/bin/sh

# resolve

# Freebsd script to launch Davinci Resolve from a Linuxulator chroot
# the window is displayed on Freebsd using either Xwayland or Xephyr
# and the audio is routed over a pulseaudio socker from the chroot to the host

# start pulseaudio
pulseaudio --start --daemonize 2>/dev/null

# Note if you are using X11 on Freebsd comment out the Xwayland line
# and uncomment the Xephyr line

# Wayland - create the Xwayland window to display Davinci Resolve
Xwayland -host-grab -geometry 1920x1080 :01 &

# X11 - create the Xwayland window to display Davinci Resolve
# Xephyr -ac -noreset -br -resizeable -screen 1920x1080 -ac :1 &

# doas chroot into ubuntu run run the wrapper script to start resolve
doas chroot /compat/ubuntu /usr/local/bin/wrapper-resolve -u "${USER}"

Ubuntu

wrapper-resolve

wrapper-resolve

Path to wrapper-resolve in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/usr/local/bin/wrapper-resolve

Copy the script to the chroot

sudo cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/compat/ubuntu/usr/local/bin/wrapper-resolve /compat/ubuntu/usr/local/bin

Freebsd path to wrapper-resolve in the chroot

/compat/ubuntu/usr/local/bin/wrapper-resolve

Path to wrapper-resolve in the chroot

/usr/local/bin/wrapper-resolve

wrapper-resolve code

#!/bin/bash

#===============================================================================
# wrapper-resolve
#===============================================================================


#===============================================================================
# script usage
#===============================================================================

usage () {
# if argument passed to function echo it
[ -z "${1}" ] || echo "! ${1}"
# display help
echo "\
# script usage
$(basename "$0") -u ${USER}"
exit 2
}

#===============================================================================
# check the number of arguments passed to the script
#===============================================================================

[ $# -gt 0 ] || usage "${WRONG_ARGS_ERR}"


#===============================================================================
# getopts check the options passed to the script
#===============================================================================

while getopts ':u:h' opt
do
  case ${opt} in
     u) username="${OPTARG}";;
     h) usage;;
     \?) usage "${INVALID_OPT_ERR} ${OPTARG}" 1>&2;;
     :) usage "${INVALID_OPT_ERR} ${OPTARG} ${REQ_ARG_ERR}" 1>&2;;
  esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))


#===============================================================================
# switch to our user in the choot and start resolve
#===============================================================================

# change username below to the name of the user in the chroot
su "${username}" -c '/opt/resolve/bin/resolve' 2>/dev/null

davinci-resolve.desktop

Path to davinci-resolve.desktop in this repository

davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/home/username/.local/share/applications/davinci-resolve.desktop

On the freebsd host copy the davinci-resolve.desktop to

~/.local/share/applications

cp davinci-resolve-freebsd/freebsd/home/username/.local/share/applications/davinci-resolve.desktop "${HOME}/.local/share/applications"

davinci-resolve.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=DaVinci Resolve
Exec=/usr/local/bin/resolve-wrapper
Icon=/compat/ubuntu/opt/resolve/graphics/DV_Resolve.png
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/x-resolveproj;
StartupNotify=true
Categories=AudioVideo

Mount the Video directory from the host to the chroot

Allow your user to run the mount command without sudo

You can set this using sysctl

sudo sysctl vfs.usermount=1

or by editing your sysctl.conf

/etc/sysctl.conf

and setting the following option

vfs.usermount=1

Mount the Video directory from the Freebsd host inside the home directory in the chroot,
this allows us to access the Video on directory on the Freebsd host from within the chroot with Davinci Resolve

That means we can import and export footage from Davinci Resolve from the Video directory on the Freebsd,
rather than copying files from the host to the chroot

Create a mount point in the chroot to mount the Video directory from the host in the chroot

These commands are run as your regular user and not as root

mkdir -p /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/Video

Mount the Video directory from the Freebsd host to the Video directory in the chroot

mount -t nullfs /home/"${USER}"/Video /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/Video

umount video

umount  /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/Video

Edit your fstab on the Freebsd host and set the mount point

/etc/fstab

fstab code

# mount the video directory from the host to the chroot,
# change username to your username
/home/username/Video           /compat/ubuntu/home/username/Video     nullfs          rw,noauto                      0       0

We use the noauto option in the fstab otherwise the nullfs mount will be mounted before the zfs dataset
so you need to manually mount the video directory after you log in

Mount the video directory in the chroot

mount /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/Video

Unmount the video directory in the chroot

umount /compat/ubuntu/home/"${USER}"/Video

Packages installed on Ubuntu

List of installed packages on Ubuntu for reference

apt-installed.txt

Single Window

Xwayland doesn’t have the capability to create 2 windows yet
so Davinci Resolve is limited to a single window

Linuxulator delete

Comment out the fstab entry to mount the video directory from the host to the chroot on the Freebsd host

/etc/fstab

#/home/username/Video           /compat/ubuntu/home/username/Video     nullfs          rw,noauto                      0       0

Disable ubuntu

sudo sysrc ubuntu_enable="NO"

Reboot to make sure the linux mounts are unmounted

Delete the /compat/ubuntu directory

sudo rm -rxv /compat/ubuntu

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DaVinci Resolve Freebsd

Davinci Resolve install on Freebsd using the Linuxulator

Freebsd

System Requirements to run Davinci Resolve

Clone the DaVinci Resolve Freebsd git repository

Tree listing

Freebsd Nvidia and Cuda

debootstrap install

doas install

Stop linux if its running

Ubuntu rc.d script

Create the Linuxulator mount points for Ubuntu

Enable the Ubuntu service

Create linuxulator script for lunar and mantic

debootstrap install Ubuntu

Restart Ubuntu

Chroot into Ubuntu with doas

Set correct timezone inside your chroot

Fix APT package manager

Enable more repositories:

apt update

Set locale

Shell install

Copy user and group from Freebsd to Ubuntu

Freebsd /etc/passwd

ubuntu passwd

copy the group from freebsd to ubuntu

Add user to groups in the chroot

sudo set up

passwd

Couldnt resolve hostname fix

Switch to out user with su

Davinci Resolve install

Nvidia install using the Ubuntu repo

Nvidia download

Copy the nvidia run file in the chroot home direcory

Chroot into ubuntu

Nvidia Pre-Installation Requirements

ffmpeg install

Nvidia driver install

xorriso and fakeroot install

Nvidia-cuda-toolkit

Blacklist Nouveau Nvidia driver

update-initramfs

Davinci Resolve download

makeresolvedeb download

makeresolvedeb create deb file

DaVinci Resolve deb install

libglib-2.0.so.0 fix

gpu set up in the chroot

Ubuntu chroot

Freebsd host

Wayland install

Wayland packages

Create the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR directory in the chroot

Wayland environment

zshrc

zshenv

X11 install

nvidia-smi

Pulseaudio set up

Freebsd

default.pa

Ubuntu

client.conf

Davinci Resolve check list

Freebsd host

Start pulseaudio with the daemonize option

Create the Xwayland or Xephyr window on Freebsd

Wayland

X11

chroot into Ubuntu

printenv

pactl info

Start Davinci Resolve