Solved How to save freebsd state ?

[lithium]

I just installed FreeBSD and I don't have any experiance with it. I noticed that when I apply a config like sudo sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=7 and reboot the system hw.snd.default_unit gets reset to it's original value. This also happens with .Xresources. Running xrdb .Xresoucres only applies to the current session, when I reboot it it goes back the the default. I tried to add hw.snd.default_unit=7 to /boot/loader.conf but that also doesn't work. Is there anything like execute these codes when you start the computer kind of script I have to set it up or I'm missing something ?

 

[jbo@]

Hello & welcome to this FreeBSD community!

I noticed that when I apply a config like sudo sysctl hw.snd.default_unit=7 and reboot the system hw.snd.default_unit gets reset to it's original value.

That is indeed the expected behavior.

when I reboot it it goes back the the default. I tried to add hw.snd.default_unit=7 to /boot/loader.conf but that also doesn't work.

I'm no expert on audio but I assume that the device is simply not existing/enumerated yet when /boost/loader.conf gets invoked.
Personally, I have a call to sysctl to set the default output device in my startup script which gets invoked when I log in. At that point all devices connected should be enumerated.

 

[BaronBS]

I tried to add hw.snd.default_unit=7 to /boot/loader.conf

hw.snd.default_unit=7 should be added to /etc/sysctl.conf.

This also happens with .Xresources

Change the name to ~/.Xdefaults.

 

[SirDice]

This also happens with .Xresources. Running xrdb .Xresoucres only applies to the current session, when I reboot it it goes back the the default.

Add to your ~/.xinitrc somewhere at the top:

[ -f "$HOME/.Xresources" ] && xrdb "$HOME/.Xresources"

 

[yuripv79]

should be added to /etc/rc.conf.

That should be /etc/sysctl.conf.

Change the name to ~/.Xdefaults.

I remember Xorg dropping support for ~/.Xdefaults and reading ~/.Xdefaults-`hostname` instead, I could be wrong here.

The proper way to read ~/.Xresources is to add xrdb command to ~/.xinitrc (if you are using startx, of course).

 

[BaronBS]

That should be /etc/sysctl.conf.

Yeah, I edited that.

 

[BaronBS]

Change the name to ~/.Xdefaults.

We don't need to call it in ~/.xinitrc if the name is this one.

 

[lithium]

hw.snd.default_unit=7 should be added to /etc/sysctl.conf.


Change the name to ~/.Xdefaults.

This fixed it! Thanks. Do I add other settings like mixer vol 100 to /etc/sysctl.conf ?

 

[BaronBS]

This fixed it! Thanks. Do I add other settings like mixer vol 100 to /etc/sysctl.conf ?

Everything that you change with the command sysctl blah.blah.blah=blah3 you can put in this file.

 

[BaronBS]

lithium glad that I could help.

 

[cracauer@]

Do I add other settings like mixer vol 100 to /etc/sysctl.conf ?

No. But there is a mechanism that saves and restores the mixer setting on a regular reboot.