BSD notes

OpenBSD

OpenBSD is a dream of me (I don’t know why yet) but it is hard to get to dualboot. The first post solves it via UEFI boot and the second with a pre-created partition

# After installation commands in order

dhclient em0 # LAN connect
fw_update # update firmware
syspatch
pkg_add -Uu # update packages
sysmerge -d
pkg_add vim tmux lynx dmenu firefox audacious cmus emacs hugo tor-browser transmission

# for xfce
pkg_add xfce xfce-extras xfce-power-manager upower xfce4-xkbd

rcctl enable apmd
rcctl set apmd flags -A # use apm to show battery state
rcctl start apmd
rcctl enable messagebus
rcctl start messagebus

vi ~/.xsession
startxfce4 --with-ck-launch # or enter whichever desktop command eg. cwm

# for xenodm display manager
rcctl enable xenodm
rcctl start xenodm

usermod -G staff nick

# doas config
vi /etc/doas.conf
permit persist nick
permit nopass nick as root cmd mount
permit nopass nick as root cmd umount
permit nopass nick as root cmd ntfs-3g
permit nopass nick as root cmd reboot
permit nopass nick as root cmd shutdown


# commands
zzz #suspend

# mount usb flash drive
sysctl hw.disknames
disklabel sd2
mount /dev/sd2i /mnt/usb

FreeBSD

Dual booting with Ubuntu, using this guide: https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20181001#qa
Resized Ubuntu partition using GParted iso image (also resized its parent partition because it was a logical partition)
The goal was to have unassigned space as a primary partition (not as logical)
FreeBSD cannot be installed on logical partitions, so I chose manually setup partition and created a new primary on the unassigned space
Rebooted into Ubuntu to update the grub (add an entry for FreeBSD) using the distrowatch tutorial. I did it more easily using Grub Customizer GUI app
Now I got FreeBSD as a second OS. I finally made it!

Commands to setup the system after installation

Used youtube freeBSD installation videos:

FreeBSD Fridays: FreeBSD InstallFest Part 1 - YouTube
DistroWatch article about dual-booting installation
While installing: Make sure to add normal user to the group wheel
First of all remove the beep sound

sysctl kern.vt.enable_bell=0 echo "kern.vt.enable_bell=0" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
Shutting down: shutdown -p now

Rest of commands

freebsd-update fetch install
pkg update
pkg upgrade
pkg install sudo
visudo (uncomment line #%wheel...)
pkg install xorg dbus
sysrc dbus_enable="YES"
sysrc moused_enable="YES"
service dbus start
service moused start
dbus-uuidgen > /etc/machine-id (I don't know why)

Install Desktop (xfce)

pkg install xfce
sysrc hald_enable="YES"
vi .xinitrc (for each user you want startx to open xfce)
    add the line "exec xfce4-session"
startx

Install Intel GPU Drivers

pkg install drm-kmod
vi /etc/rc.conf
  add the line -->  kld_list="/boot/modules/i915kms.ko"
sudo pw groupmod video -m nick

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