Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 15:52:26 +0200 From: David Raver <david.raver@gmail.com> To: David Raver <david.raver@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Goodbye Message-ID: <CAKy4t%2B-iuoLbvSG6Cet-=K52P4hz=BsSn5f_6RXsYuvK-Py-qg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210711131653.GA2137057@admin02.HOFF.local> References: <CAKy4t%2B-1sKV8mTfcgfb2Vqo=h28ns8CtsTzyKPSVBU2W0qreLg@mail.gmail.com> <20210711131653.GA2137057@admin02.HOFF.local>
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On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 3:17 PM Simon Hoffmann <freebsd@simonhoffmann.net> wrote: > > Which commands did you use? > Can't remember anymore. They went out of my head along with the steam blowing out of my ears. > All of this is listed with detailed explanations. I was able to perform > the update on > first try without any problems. > Lucky you. > Time: 5 min. > You must be the one with the doctorate of General (or is it Special?) BSDvity Theory then. > su says sorry if your user is not in wheel. > > Sounds to me like you were in Live CD mode? > Sounds like your hearing must be impeccable. > > Google helped again: in order to do that one must choose option 2 while > > Quick question: you are aware of the very detailed FreeBSD Handbook that > answers > pretty much every question? > I am, yes. I just don't like the idea that in order to do some little thing one must read it in its entirety. > Please take a look at https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ > No thanks. Also, your hearing must be somewhat less than perfect in this case. Let me repeat myself (for the tenth time): reading extensive handbooks to solve something that should've been solved automatically is not my favourite thing in the world. > > booting. Fsck!?! Obviously one must have a BSD degree to use a computer. > > No, one must read the manual. BSD is not Linux. > OK, for the eleventh time: you know the drill by now > > OK, after a restart (and successful su) I googled about installing a GUI > > (KDE to be exact). Being unpleasantly surprised that, instead of a > > oneliner, one has to buy a new keyboard with an extended life expectancy > in > > order to type an equivalent of Tolstoy's War and Peace. > > Man, how hard is it to put something in a shell script?!? > > Again, the Handbook is your best friend. > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/ > Note to self: man, some people choose to turn the blind eye even if you practically stick it to them. > You even have two ways of installing! Using pre-configured and > pre-compiled binaries > that can be installed via pkg add, or using ports to configure and build > yourself, to > fulfill all your needs. Such wow! > > In a nutshell: > > pkg install xorg > pw groupmod video -m <user> > pkg install urwfonts > pkg install x11/sddm > echo dbus_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf > echo proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 >> /etc/fstab > echo sddm_enable="YES" >> /etc/rc.conf > Nope, that's not what the handbook says. It's definitely more than seven. Quite a bit more. Moreover, if one makes one little spelling mix-stake, that could be your excuse for why the whole thing failed. I'm not into that. It has to be failsafe. > I don't know about you, but I count 7 lines of commands, which you can > basically > copy-paste. I don't know what type of keyboard you have, but mine can > handle a few > keystrokes. > Mine handles "del BSD" (8 chars, incl. enter) pretty well. > Took me about 5 minutes aswell. > Took me about two seconds. Incl. handling the "Are you sure?" question. > You know, you could always ask politely to get help... > As polite as possible: HELP! Then again, it would be useless now. The del I mentioned above took care of that. > Again, the Handbook is your friend. > Oh, man, I will not even bother anymore. D.
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