Tag: freebsd
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Compiling mono 6 on FreeBSD 12
Steps: There might be complaint about missing python or python3 but that should be resolved by proper symlinking in /usr/local/bin. gmake check can be used to run tests, gmake install to install mono. Might make sense to install gnome-sharp and gtk-sharp after installing mono. This works for my FreeBSD 11 This works for my FreeBSD…
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Disabling bitmap fonts in X
To disable bitmap fonts in X create symbolic link to ../conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf in /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d # cd /usr/local/etc/fonts/conf.d# ln -s ../conf.avail/70-no-bitmaps.conf
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Installing FreeBSD with ZFS on UEFI enabled machine
Some instructions can be found at FreeBSD wiki and FreeBSD forums
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FreeBSD 11, X and UEFI
If X doesn’t start with message similar to Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs and you are booting your system using UEFI you should install package drm-kmod, and make sure to load appropriate module before starting X (for example i915kms.ko), but beware that after installing package modules with same names will be present…
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Installing multiple instances of Phabricator on the same server
Just non-obvious steps listed (with things to replace in uppercase), follow their installation instructions for general setup: Don’t forget to add lineexport PATH=”/usr/local/bin:$PATH”to ssh-hook file, since FreeBSD is installing php in /usr/local/bin (otherwise you might receive error “error: AuthorizedKeysCommand /usr/local/libexec/XXXX failed, status 127“)
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How to set default sound output device in FreeBSD
It can be done using sysctl hw.snd.default_unit. Before that it is good idea to check contents of /dev/sndstat file.