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The Linuxulator doesn't run a Linux kernel and drivers are in the kernel. It's not that we wouldn't like to run all Linux software, including drivers, but the effort to write a Linuxulator that can do that is great. In addition the interface...

If you don't have any partitioning requirements on a single drive system, you just let the installer automatically partition the drive for you. Zero thought. Now, setting up ZFS with the installer is pretty easy and doesn't require much thought...

Remove tap0 here, the interface doesn't exist yet. Remove this line, it will dynamically add the first available interface. And add network0_switch to tie it to a specific switch/network. They are included with the GENERIC kernel. And they're...

Not necessary but highly advised. I'd been avoiding UEFI because I erroneously thought it was somehow tied to the "trusted platform" stuff that MS is promoting. But I read about UEFI (more than one source) and discovered it is meant as a...

I have been trying to get p0f-analyzer to successfully insert sender OS inference headers into my email for many years on and (mostly) off for quite some time. I thought I might give it another go now that I'm up to current again finally...

Do you have a top(1) output of the state where you run into problems?

But you can do Zoom in a browser window.

Several options, in loader.conf: Font: screen.font Set font size for framebuffer mode. Default font size is selected based on screen resolution, to achieve terminal...

This means the build may spawn about 12 compile jobs in parallel. 16GB of memory does not sound too good then, for me.

This often happens if you run out of memory and/or disk space.

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Thanks, I had just come to the conclusion I won't get a good desktop experience on this machine with FreeBSD. I normally use Linux for desktops and FreeBSD for servers, but wanted to try something else because one application, zoom, has started...

Unfortunately, this is the default and quite useless error message from GNOME, so it's hard to tell what's going on from that. If I were you I would consider running NetBSD on this machine. It has the nouveau driver, which is very welcome when...

There is no reported fallout on the FreeBSD package build servers, https://portsfallout.com/fallout?port=graphics%2Fmesa-dri%24 This often means it's a local issue, or some default option that's been enabled or disabled. What is the error you're...

Yes and no, depending on your definition. ls behaves /almost/ the same on both. WM will give you very alike experience too. python/perl/.. scripting would be the same too. But no, it does things differently under the hood and you can't ignore...

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Problem is this is very, very subjective. What does qualify as "feel simiar to FreeBSD"? Everybody has its own criteria for that. I could argue that from user perspective they are very similar - console, X, many commands are the same, some...

I added rc_debug="YES" to /etc/rc.conf and rebooted but there was nothing obvious in /var/log/messages afterwards. However, manually running /etc/rc.d/zpool start after boot works and outputs a few DEBUG lines: root@filer2 ~]# zpool list no...

Of course. As always, and everywhere else: Do absolutely nothing about it. Relax! No problem! It's still so much time. Especially ignore any reasonable solution that may solve the problem once and for all, particulary if it needs action before...

OK, here's something strange. I rebooted the VM, logged in, and ran the following before doing anything else: [root@filer2 ~]# zpool list no pools available [root@filer2 ~]# zpool import pool: pool0 id: 4536089192970494829 state...

If the pool can be imported, then this shouldn't be a factor. I couldn't reproducible the issue on a test system: disk1 Root-on-UFS, raidz2, 4 disks storage pool. It shouldn't matter, but try "cachefile=/boot/zfs/zpool.cache". Apparently the...

I'm pretty certain it is. After my manual zpool import pool0, running zdb -C -U /etc/zfs/zpool.cache is returning correct information for my pool: [root@filer2 ~]# zdb -C -U /etc/zfs/zpool.cache pool0: version: 5000 name: 'pool0'...

We really need to find Alain De Vos a woman. I think he is hallucinating. How many fingers am I holding up right now?

This reddit-like thread reminds me of the time a friend of mine showed me a thread on the FreeBSD reddit sub itself where half the posters mentioned that they don't use FreeBSD. Another time, on my city's reddit sub, something happened locally...

I find it very strange to give up on an important thing (OS) because of a minor thing (editor). Software engineers typically spend a relatively small fraction of their time actually editing code; the bulk is spent designing, testing, meeting with...

I didn't. I buy hardware suitable for FreeBSD. Which in general is also higher quality hardware.

I never did. If I depend optionless on a certain piece of Soft- or Hardware something was really wrong about my computering.

Honestly, seeing such a topic is quite strange to me! The editors you mentioned, do they perform miracles? It’s you who implements your thoughts and ideas. What importance does the editor have? VSCode is less than 10 years old; how did you code...

For the topic: last time I stopped using FreeBSD was when the battery of my laptop ran out on me. I started again after finding a power outlet.

This is a little confused, I think. Must be the first thread i see which was derailed in the first posting.

Uh, no. No matter how much dependency hell you get in packages, the base system stays intact. In FreeBSD. Not in Linux.

As an IT professional I have been using Unix since the late 90s mostly as a programmer deploying code not as an admin. For a decade now I am less technical and more on the management side. I love open source and used Linux as my daily driver...

For a minor upgrade, even a fresh install doesn't bring the kernel module packages compiled on the right version during the grace period of 3 months. That's the whole point of the thread. This solution just needs to be better integrated in the...

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This was added when ZFS (Illumos upstream) was replaced by OpenZFS. OpenZFS doesn't do an implicit zpool import (in the kernel) like the old Illumos ZFS did. Your /etc/zfs/zpool.cache isn't being updated at zpool import. What kind of fs is rootfs?

Wait-a-Sec. I'm losing track of where you are in this process. Have you confirmed that your SSD is recognized by the setup program (you may be referring to it as the "BIOS")? Try restarting the computer and keep hitting the F12 key over and...

I, too, noticed that the install font differs when one chooses the UEFI install instead of the BIOS install.

This very helpful message accompanied by a picture of a frowning monitor is what I get if I try to start GDM or after logging in with lightdm. I have tried with both Plasma and XFCE sessions. I think I've followed the instructions for installing...

Do the keyboard and trackpad work with another O/S? Best to rule out hardware before continuing.

Both those boards are based on RockChip's RK3588 - FreeBSD has no support for it. At least wiki doesn't mention it. main src doesn't have much there either. Based on that I'd say they will not run FreeBSD. I never really played too much with...

Hi people! I'm coming here after this thread, where I'm asking about utility that can unambiguously determine the source code directory for executable in FreeBSD. Well, as we see, there is no such utility quite yet. So I decided to make my own...

I have built a 14.2-RELEASE system that boots from a UFS filesystem on an SSD, but also has four other hard disks attached containing a ZFS raidz pool. I have the required variables set in the right files to start ZFS on boot: # grep zfs...

As far as I know it's the same font. What might be different is the actual resolution of the console. That makes it use bigger or smaller versions of that font. If that's not the issue then I'm not sure what you mean.

Hi all again! If anybody is interested in my solution - I've written a shell script that does the thing. I especially want to say thank you to covacat - I built my script on top of one he suggested (a few posts above). I created a post about it...

Hi people! I'm coming here after this thread, where I'm asking about utility that can unambiguously determine the source code directory for executable in FreeBSD. Well, as we see, there is no such utility quite yet. So I decided to make my own...

use this to get the fastest mirror ports-mgmt/fastest_pkg

Lenovo P14s Elan touchpad is not working after upgrade to FreeBSD 14 in the console. Works in X. Worked fine before with FreeBSD 13.

I should name it using the freebsd-update auto-snapshot scheme though, right? Or it will just keep happening? I think I have a throwaway test VM like this somewhere, going to give it a whirl - rename things and then do a point upgrade and see...

Have you tried it? Are you able running a Linux executable? I get: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2: failed to load interpreter With -C:o /compat/linux flag I get: /compat/linux: failed to load executable