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This feels both useful (should I need to do desktop FreeBSD) and like a walk down memory lane (from when this was how you had to manage Linux, too). Thank you f
by llarsson 6y ago
This feels both useful (should I need to do desktop FreeBSD) and like a walk down memory lane (from when this was how you had to manage Linux, too). Thank you for both.
And thank you to all the countless developers who have made this level of fiddling mostly a thing of the past. At least this blog did not have to mention modelines.
- spijdar 6y agoFreeBSD feels more difficult to use in this sense even compared to Net/OpenBSD. While some of this configuring is strictly unnecessary (changing the keyboard layout in xorg.conf is only relevant if you aren't using a DE with that functionality), FreeBSD seems more ... finicky with GPU drivers and their DRM/KMS compat layer from Linux than Net/Open. On NetBSD you can usually just "starts" and get an accelerated X session with no config, from just a "full sets" install. You usually have to install at least some extra kernel modules in FreeBSD.
- trasz 6y agoIt's an unfortunate consequence of GPL licensing of some of the linuxkpi parts, which graphics drivers use. I believe the amount of problematic code is slowly decreasing, so eventually things will get back to normal.
- anthk 6y agoWhat's modular xorg for then?
- vermaden 6y agoI just tried to start X11 on FreeBSD 12.2 with all these configs removed and it started with accelerated graphics. Only Synaptics touchpad had 'tap to click' disabled. I create these configs to be sure that X11 will start the way I want it to start, not that all of it is needed.
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