Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 10:17:12 -0800 From: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop Message-ID: <b1e37878-3e02-11ad-7e7f-bb942b6dbd04@holgerdanske.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701191047030.2795@wonkity.com> References: <18a5de5c-bc3a-c2e8-32c1-ea0a12d446ac@holgerdanske.com> <20170116230336.2cc22d94@riseup.net> <45c5ea44-e0b4-2698-da8e-707c507eb086@holgerdanske.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701172256330.1046@wonkity.com> <20170118031855.48fbbe2c@riseup.net> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701181757440.45317@wonkity.com> <2d4edb680db8c48f2be352b074f2b968@mhoenicka.de> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701190750510.55707@wonkity.com> <7abf2904-dd77-3181-9878-05b9196a9082@holgerdanske.com> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701191047030.2795@wonkity.com>
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On 01/19/17 09:53, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, David Christensen wrote:
>
>> 1. Erase system drive.
>
> Not necessary, but does no harm.
I take images of my system drives with dd | gzip. Zeroing the drives
saves space.
BTW -- is there a ZFS equivalent of "zerofree"?
If and when I understand slices, partitions, boot loaders, etc., and how
to serialize/ de-serialize unencrypted/ encrypted swap and ZFS file
systems, I'll have another option.
>> 5. Based upon xorg package notes, create
>> /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/root # cat /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf
>> # Recommended by xorg package:
>> Section "Files"
>> FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/dejavu/"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>> Load "freetype"
>> EndSection
>
> This probably needs updates, but also probably does no harm.
What updates? How?
>> 6. Per handbook section 5.4.3, edit /boot/loader.conf:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/root # diff /boot/loader.conf-20170114-1232
>> /boot/loader.conf
>> 13a14
>>> kern.vty=vt
>
> Should be the default for FreeBSD 10.x, but does no harm(TM).
I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.
If the information is obsolete, the handbook should be updated.
>> 7. Install Xfce:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/root # pkg install xfce
>>
>> (Based upon xfce package notes, the file I previously created for
>> polkit based upon package installation notes was for Suspend, not for
>> Shut Down and Restart. Forget it -- Shut Down and Restart can work
>> without it.)
>
> This step is a little unclear.
How about this:
7. Install Xfce:
toor@freebsd:/root # pkg install xfce
Ignore message:
To be able to shutdown or reboot your system, you'll have to add .rules
files in /usr/local/etc/polkit-1/rules.d directory. Which looks
like this (replace PUTYOURGROUPHERE by your group):
polkit.addRule(function (action, subject) {
if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart" ||
action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop")
&& subject.isInGroup("PUTYOURGROUPHERE")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
For those who have working suspend/resume:
polkit.addRule(function (action, subject) {
if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.suspend"
&& subject.isInGroup("PUTYOURGROUPHERE")) {
return polkit.Result.YES;
}
});
The message should be removed from the package.
>> 9. Create D-Bus machine identifier:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/root # dbus-uuidgen --ensure=/etc/machine-id
>
> I have never done this and do not have that file.
I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.
Xfce would not start without it.
>> 10. Enable Xfce Shut Down and Restart by starting dbus and hald at
>> system boot:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/root # diff /etc/rc.conf-20170114-1648 /etc/rc.conf
>> 12a13,14
>>> dbus_enable="YES"
>>> hald_enable="YES"
>
> It is possible to build the ports with hal disabled.
I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.
>> 11. Edit startx to silence xauth warning about missing serverauth:
>>
>> toor@freebsd:/usr/local/bin # diff startx-20170111-1934-orig startx
>> 182c182
>> < xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
>> ---
>>> touch $xserverauthfile; xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
>
> I have never done this, either.
I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.
I prefer zero warnings and zero errors.
>> 12. Add Xfce settings to silence xfce4-session warnings "No GPG agent
>> found" and "SSH authentication agent is already running":
>
> Never did this, either. Might be due to xfce4-session trying to
> automatically start services that are already running. That is
> configurable.
I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.
I prefer zero warnings and zero errors.
>> 13. Install xscreensaver to enable Panel -> Action Buttons -> Lock
>> Screen and Application Menu -> Settings -> Screensaver.
>
> Optional, but okay.
I expect screen saver/ locking to work OOTB.
David
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