Tag: 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.
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Configuring default resolution for FreeBSD 11 with UEFI
If you have to set native resolution on system console (if for example you have to run scfb driver for X), first check resolutions supported by UEFI – escape to loader prompt when booting OS and type:modeThat should list all textual modes recognized by loader (alternatively you can also try gop list or uga list,…