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A cheatsheet for installing FreeBSD

Hardware issues

Corsair rgb keyboard not working

Press the win key lock + F1 for 3 seconds.

Deafult programs

pkg install vim nano

Desktop

Desktop Environments Gnome xorg conf

# options: mate / gnome3
pkg install mate

Make sure the following freetype module is loaded. if not add the following to the "modules" section of your x window config file:

Load "freetype"

Do the same for this under the "Files" section:

FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts/bitstream-vera/

Add the following to /etc/fstab required for gnome:

proc           /proc       procfs  rw  0   0

Edit /etc/rc.conf to:

dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"

gdm_enable="YES"
gnome_enable="YES"

install xorg

pkg install xorg
startx
# reboot

# If you have mouse issues try to set
## echo "kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
# Or just try it:
## sysctl kern.evdev.rcpt_mask=6

pw groupmod video -m your_user_name
pw groupmod wheel -m your_user_name
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