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My installation notes…

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Latest: Installing FreeBSD-12.0-RELEASE-amd64 on VirtualBox

• fresh install using memstick image file
• install kernel and base only
• added my main user account to {wheel,operator} group
  • for desktop use, all users need to be in video or wheel
  • so normal users should be in video group
  • normal users should also be in operator group to be able to shutdown from mate desktop
• enable sshd, enable ntpdate(on-boot), disable sendmail

dumped…

https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/

# pkg install xorg
# pw groupmod video -m username

- check display adapter

# pciconf -lv | grep -B4 VGA

Intel® : Open Source : drm-kmod : i915kms
AMD® : Open Source : drm-kmod : amdgpu and radeonkms
NVIDIA® : Proprietary : nvidia-driver : nvidia or nvidia-modeset
VESA : Open Source : xf86-video-vesa : vesa

# pkg install drm-kmod
# sysrc kld_list+=i915kms

* note: may also need this 
# pkg install libva-intel-driver mesa-libs mesa-dri

** try this!
https://wiki.freebsd.org/unitrunker/JWM

• got FreeBSD13 arm64 aarch64 image
• write to microsd card
• boot issue
  • ok if boot from usb (note: starting pi4, usb boot is possible!)
  • need to update u-boot binary (look for that in forum)
• console display is not ok when using on tv (high res?)
  • edit config.txt and comment out hdmi_safe=1

going for dwm

• pkg install libX11 libXft libXinerama
• pkg install git

work in progress…