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Hey, you seem to be misdirected by Linux desktop affairs. FreeBSD like all Unices is a server OS. This doesn't mean it's not very very usable on the desktop, but it is not an out-of-the-box desktop experience. Let me just say upfront if you're...

Has it been added to the ports tree yet? The quarterlies are branched off from whatever state the main branch (aka 'latest') at that time is. If it's not in main it won't be in the next quarterly.

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-23:12.freebsd-update.asc This is not available in 13.1 or 13.0. Since #1 says 13.0, need to update freebsd-update first.

It's only one file, just rm /usr/include/c++/v1/__string before doing the upgrade.

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The Foundation wants to hire somebody to take care of the graphics stack: https://freebsdfoundation.org/open-positions/freebsd-graphics-stack-developer-position/

Its a normal system. If I go now to neighborhood store, take some beverage out of the fridge, and blatantly walk away, sit across the store and mock the clerk while drinking it, do you know what happens if clerk dials the police? Nothing unless...

Depends on what the bank does usually in this cases. They might have a small claims department that will engage in a bit of long running process. Example, if the kiddy bought Steam game, they will contact Steam and Steam won't have any questions...

The case has been solved just right now. I found the smoking gun. I received a spoofed email that looked like it came from my bank, and I clicked the link. I even found on the history the fake webpage showed on that email,so it's sure that I...

Yeah, I know that. I still believe that this is kind of conflicts shouldn't happen and that there just be some kind of mechanism to prevent them but I guess I'm overreacting.

PKGBASE updates/upgrades are processed by ports-mgmt/pkg, at the moment there is no logic in pkg to create automatic ZFS boot environments as it is in /usr/sbin/freebsd-update [1]. I don't know if something similar is planed, perhaps ask on...

You don't need to install FreeBSD-src-sys. Another way is to do a git checkout of the source tree, and simply switch branches. In that situation you don't want to make /usr/src/ part of the BE.

Changing this in rc.xml solved my issue. I have usable window buttons on touchsceen. <font place="ActiveWindow"> <name>sans</name> <size>24</size>

For poudriere you should just create a new jail with the new version. Then start your poudriere-bulk on the new version jail. I don't even do minor version upgrades on my poudriere jails, only patch updates...

It's the same 'problem' with filesystems/ntfs, same solution.

Maybe give this fsfab option a chance, also late option may work too, idk. From mount: mountprog=<program> Force mount touse thespecified program to mount the file system, instead of calling nmount(2) directly. For...

After using Openbox for more then a decade I can tell you that your favorite ${EDITOR} is the best Openbox Configuration Manager. Period. Just keep an order in the config and you will notice after some time how much better it is.

Maybe give this fsfab option a chance, also late option may work too, idk. From mount: mountprog=<program> Force mount touse thespecified program to mount the file system, instead of calling nmount(2) directly. For...

This is not documented in the FreeBSD manuals or the 3rd party application documentation: To mount 3rd party file systems (file systems not supported by default on FreeBSD), their mount program must be specified in the mount command line or in...

Most expensive laptops ... are the ones that you literally can not buy. Show me an offer to buy ThinkPad 25th Anniversary Edition (known also as T25) ... even used one ... or a modified ThinkPad T480 with ThinkPad T25 keyboard (known as...

Because in a pkgbase environment /usr/src is used by a package, specifically FreeBSD-src-sys. If you happen to have multiple BEs when you update this package you will overwrite the contents of the same package in the other BEs.

Yes, maybe I wasn't clear but this was my point (sorry about that). /usr/src/ was created as a ZFS dataset by the installer and now that it's used by a package it probably shouldn't be the case anymore.

You're going to need to get your hands dirty and put some elbow grease into it. https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/ https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/x11/ Don't know if Wayland works on a Pi, but for good measure...

/usr/src/ isn't part of the BE. It's stored outside of it. Followup question is probably, how do you make it part of the BE? Simplest solution; zfs destroy zroot/usr/src

I'm not aware of anything specific. Once you understand how to cut'n'paste with a mouse, the only other thing to consider is how to use the command line for creation of a buffer, and how you can save, list, and rotate the buffer contents. See...

Syncing is done when you unmount it. Until it doesn't. Even on Windows you should properly 'eject' a memory stick to make sure it's actually done writing to it.

Update the host itself first. You can go from any 13.x version directly to 14.3-RELEASE, there's no need to do any of the intermediate minor version upgrades. Just make sure the 13.x has the latest patch level before doing the major version...

On my laptop I have three different BEs: [5:24][fmc000@tu45b-freebsd ~]$ bectl list BE Active Mountpoint Space Created FreeBSD-15.0-RELEASE - - 1.43G 2025-10-17 08:36 FreeBSD-15.0-STABLE - - 15.6G...

Just in case anyone finds themselves in the same situation after building emulators/vice, I wanted to share what I discovered. At some point, the old joystick driver was removed from FreeBSD and the installation instructions in pkg-message no...

I found the backup. But it will be interesting to know how to reinstall the system in case of a critical failure.

Hello. After awkwardly using freebsd-update I received this message jail: data: getpwnam root: No such file or directory jail: http: /bin/sh /etc/rc: failed (topic). Jail does not start. Any ideas on how to fix it? I found the backup. But it...

And I'm sure it will stay that way. Not the least of which systemd is GPL.

I suppose if one wants to do forensic analysis, Remove the drive from the machine. Install it in another machine, setting the read-only jumper. If no read-only jumper be careful to mount it read-only or better, use a forensic toolkit like...

Just for completeness, here is C++ for FreeBSD kernel modules (comparable to this Rust proof of concept): https://gitea.nerdland.org/adam/libcpp.ko

You do know that you can very easily create one by using bectl or vermaden's beadm, right? I realize that if you're used to it being automatic, it can seem a nuisance, but for me I find it relatively easy to remember to type sudo bectl...

I asked grok, it seems, PXE support without "iPXE" software on legacy BIOS depends on the BIOS and on the firmware of the USB-NIC. It mentions ASIX AX88772A/B/C. I have a ADMtek AN986 and that does not work without iPXE.

In my case solution is to start xdm in /etc/ttys and not in rc.conf .

Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm experiencing the same thing.

Also, if the amounts stolen aren't large enough, forensic analysis won't be done. It costs time and expertise and it simply isn't done for petty crime. Unless somehow your case ties into a larger case. Example from my country is the usual phone...

Side by side: X220 on left, T490 on right. Of course the X220 design and ergonomics are far superior, a much better keyboard and layout, and we don't have the stupid huge touchpad (why??!) of the T490, which I never use anyway, I always use the...

ZioMario I've re-read your first post and by info in it, you probably got phished. Go through browser history on all the browsers you accessed e-banking from. Wouldn't using $5M device to break $5 system prohibit the launch from the get go ...

most likely it wasn't a firefox exploit that's complicated stuff and freebsd is an irelevant desktop os / nobody perfects exploits for this unless you are very high profile target and then the attacker won't buy videogames

I used till now a Samsung nc10 (Atom N270, 2 GB RAM). Not anymore usable because of web browser. An X220 is under these conditions a supercomputer. Perhaps almost as portable as the nc10.

looks like its possible to boot from an usb nic (even with your phone tethered to local wifi) :) https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/discussions/848

I did it: freebsd-update -F -j data --currently-running 14.3 -r 13.2 upgrade but the same: root@six:~ # jexec data root@data:/ # file /bin/sh /bin/sh: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (FreeBSD), dynamically linked, interpreter...

KDE's kio-fuse seems broken on FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE. The point of this software is to make kio-mounted filesystems mounted in via Dolphin like SMB network shares accessible to applications that are not "kio-aware"; dragging a file into a...

Thanks! That pointed me to a solution. I didn't have to edit /etc/devfs.rules as I already had [localrules=10] add path 'cd*' mode 660 group operator add path 'pass*' mode 660 group operator add path 'xpt*' mode 660 group operator from...

Perhaps there's a cultural thing here too. In the western tradition, certainly in the uk, we have a healthy culture of "combative robust discussion" 😁 . We slag each other off, raise all kinds of objections and outlandish points, call each...

upgrade your jail with freebsd-update -r

I also not. Laptops must be portable, light, for me also small, and cheap to have more freedom to lose it.