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Setup
Install my favorite packages
pkg install bash sudo tmux htop neovim git bastille
Add "wheel" to the suoers file:
visudo
Change shell
chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash
Do a system update:
freebsd-update fetch install
Wifi
Find out what network cards we have:
pciconf -lv | grep -A1 -B3 network
On my Clevo laptop it looks like this:
re0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x020000 rev=0x15 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x10ec device=0x8168 subvendor=0x1558 subdevice=0xa600
vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'
device = 'RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
iwlwifi0@pci0:3:0:0: class=0x028000 rev=0x1a hdr=0x00 vendor=0x8086 device=0x2723 subvendor=0x8086 subdevice=0x0084
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'Wi-Fi 6 AX200'
class = network
nvme0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x010802 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x144d device=0xa809 subvendor=0x144d subdevice=0xa801
So we have an Intel Wifi.
We're going to configure the wireless card iwlwifi0 to the interface wlan0:
ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwlwifi0
To make the change persist across reboots:
sysrc wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
We need to set the regulatory domain:
ifconfig wlan0 regdomain ETSI country NL
To scan the networks. I had to run the command twice to see the list:
ifconfig wlan0 up list scan
I see my networks:
SSID/MESH ID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS
TMNL-3EF981_24G d8:0d:17:b9:b2:f0 11 54M -37:-96 100 EPS HTCAP WME ATH RSN WPS
TMNL-3EF981 98:0d:67:3e:f9:81 11 54M -72:-96 100 EP APCHANREP RSN WPS BSSLOAD HTCAP VHTCAP VHTOPMODE WME
TMNL-3EF981_5G d8:0d:17:b9:b2:f1 64 54M -42:-96 100 EP HTCAP VHTCAP VHTOPMODE VHTPWRENV WME ATH RSN WPS
I want to connect to TMNL-3EF981_5G. We need to edit the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file:
nvim /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
The contents. The password need to be set in psk.
country=NL
network={
ssid="TMNL-3EF981_5G"
psk="3J6YJHNRG8W7KMMF"
priority=5
}
To set it to use DHCP:
sysrc ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
For some reason, we need to add the country code in the rc.conf:
sysrc create_args_wlan0="country NL"
Now bring it up!
service netif restart
Restart the laptop to see if it persists.
For some reason, it won't work (no suprise, wifi is awful in FreeBSD).
This worked for me after boot
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 ssid "TMNL-3EF981_5G"
ifconfig wlan0 regdomain etsi2 country NL
service netif restart
X11
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/
Don't forget to start tmux:
tmux
Add moni to the video group:
pw groupmod video -m moni
And then install, but don't forget to read the messages when the install is complete! Scroll up with tmux
pkg install xorg
This will improve mnuse and touchscreen support:
sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6
And add this to /etc/sysctl.conf to persist it:
kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6
Amd
pkg install drm-kmod
sysrc kld_list+=amdgpu
Kde
pkg install kde5
sysrc dbus_enable="YES"
sysctl net.local.stream.recvspace=65536
sysctl net.local.stream.sendspace=65536
pkg install sddm
sysrc sddm_enable="YES"
Fonts
pkg install urwfonts
But you're not done yet, you need to add a conf file:
nvim /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-fonts.conf
With the following:
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/urwfonts/"
EndSection
CPU
Too see your CPU 0
sysctl dev.cpu.0
If you don't see a temperature:
kldload amdtemp
Add it to startup:
sysrc kld_list+=amdtemp
Linux compatibility
sysrc linux_enable="YES"
service linux start
Final configs
My /etc/rc.conf
hostname="moni-freebsd"
ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
kld_list="amdgpu amdtemp"
dbus_enable="YES"
sddm_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"
create_args_wlan0="country NL"
wlans_iwlwifi0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
My /etc/sysctl.conf:
#
# This file is read when going to multi-user and its contents piped thru
# ``sysctl'' to adjust kernel values. ``man 5 sysctl.conf'' for details.
#
# Uncomment this to prevent users from seeing information about processes that
# are being run under another UID.
#security.bsd.see_other_uids=0
kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6