Gentoo FreeBSD/Experimental

The various sections in this article are a bit experimental. Maintain an expectation they might not work as intended on Gentoo/FreeBSD systems. Handle with care!

How to use X Window System with vesa video card

Note
Please update this page if you know a better method. Also welcome to fix the problem. Please file a bug.

root #emerge --ask portage libtool app-admin/eselect

root #mv /etc/make.conf /etc/portage/make.conf # (be careful !)

root #emerge -u flaggie

root #flaggie +python +X

root #echo 'INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf

root #echo 'VIDEO_CARDS="vesa"' >> /etc/portage/make.conf

root #emerge -p xorg-x11

root #emerge xorg-x11

root #emerge xterm twm xclock

If you are using a USB mouse, please load kernel module first:

root #kldload ums

root #echo 'ums_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

Configure:

root #Xorg -configure

root #mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Check the device for mouse:

root #grep /dev /etc/X11/xorg.conf

        Option      "Device" "/dev/sysmouse"

OK, In this case /dev/sysmouse has been detected:

root #/etc/init.d/moused start

root #rc-update add moused default

root #startx

Other video cards

xf86-video-vmware) emerge x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware.

xf86-video-intel) Please see bug #493436.

Q&A

Question: Why does the mouse not work?

Answer: Please specify the correct value in xorg.conf. moused must use /dev/sysmouse. Run /etc/init.d/moused start.

• PS/2 mouse is /dev/psm0.
• USB mouse is /dev/ums0.
• Another one is /dev/sysmouse.

How to use a Portage overlay

Gentoo/BSD Project Overlay

It is the official overlay. Good quality, it contains bugfixes for e.g. system packages. You can add using layman -a gentoo-bsd.

How to use a clang stage file

Important
The clang stage is using clang as the system compiler. It's very experimental.

It is available from the following URL:

http://distfiles.gentoo.org/experimental/bsd/freebsd/stages/amd64-fbsd-9.1/clang/stage3-amd64-clangfbsd-9.1.tar.bz2

Please see bug list and page Clang. In addition, please report to Gentoo Bugzilla if you found a bug.

Bug list

• bug #417789: [TRACKER] Packages that fail to build with LLVM/Clang on Gentoo FreeBSD

How to use sys-boot/grub2

Install grub2

root #mkdir -p /etc/portage/package.keywords /etc/portage/patches/sys-boot/grub

root #echo "=sys-boot/grub-2.00_p5107* amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/grub

root #wget -P /etc/portage/patches/sys-boot/grub https://raw.github.com/nigoro/amd64-fbsd/master/etc/portage/patches/sys-boot/grub/grub-2.00_p5107-fbsd.patch

root #emerge sys-boot/grub

Configure grub2

If you select UFS2 (GPT):

root #grub2-install --modules="part_gpt fat ufs2" --no-floppy /dev/ada0

root #grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

If you select UFS2 (MBR):

root #grub2-install --modules="biosdisk part_msdos bsd search_fs_uuid ufs2 msdospart" --no-floppy /dev/ada0

root #grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

If you select ZFS (GPT):

root #grub2-install --modules="part_gpt fat zfs" --no-floppy /dev/ada0

root #grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg