mfsBSD with high res

[Alain De Vos]

You wont have errors. No place to download.
I don't know where freebsd-update downloads its kernel binaries "URL".
pkg -vv might show where binaries for freebsd kmods & ports are downloaded.

 

[T-Daemon]

Is there any way to download these built files from anwhere?

It will probably take me a day to build them and errors are likely to arise which will mean a second or third attempt at building them.

If you are not comfortable building the kernel and base packages from source, build drm-kmod from ports in a out-of-date you are using for mfsBSD BASE downloaded base.txz jail(8).

Or, if you want a up-to-date system, use STABLE (now 15.1-PRERELEASE) snapshots kernel base packages. They are distributed every 7-8 days. Build the drm-kmod packages in a STABLE base jail.

 

[balanga]

If you are not comfortable building the kernel and base packages from source, build drm-kmod from ports in a out-of-date you are using for mfsBSD BASE downloaded base.txz jail(8).

Or, if you want a up-to-date system, use STABLE (now 15.1-PRERELEASE) snapshots kernel base packages. They are distributed every 7-8 days. Build the drm-kmod packages in a STABLE base jail.

My systems don't have the muscle to build FreeBSD from source. I tried a couple of times and the system just hanged after many hours and I couldn't figure out what was going,

This is all too much for my little brain to handle...

If I install 15.1-PRERELEASE and then pkg install drm-kmod should drm-kmod work properly?

 

[MG]

My systems don't have the muscle to build FreeBSD from source. I tried a couple of times and the system just hanged after many hours and I couldn't figure out what was going,

This is all too much for my little brain to handle...

If I install 15.1-PRERELEASE and then pkg install drm-kmod should drm-kmod work properly?

Sounds like extreme swap usage by lack of memory. Those muscles are only a matter of time. It still builds on the 1st amd64 hardware. It takes really long but a hang has a different cause.

 

[T-Daemon]

If I install 15.1-PRERELEASE and then pkg install drm-kmod should drm-kmod work properly?

Comparing the release dates of the distfiles of 15.1-PRERELEASE and FreeBSD:15.amd64 packages, it may hit and miss. You have to use the "latest" (FreeBSD-ports) package repository [1] (which is default on STABLE).

At the time of this post, 15.1-PRERELESE dist files were distributed on 2026-Apr-30 [2], "latest" packages on 2026-May-01 [3].

There is no data I could find available when the distfiles were built. Most of the 3rd party kernel modules from ports are highly sensitive on the running kernel version, and given the STABLE branch is a rolling release, often updated due to ongoing kernel and userland commits, the safest approach is to build drm-kmod (drm-515|61|66|latest-kmod) from ports within the same environment, such as the running system, a jail or VM, in which the kernel will ultimately run on the target system.

[1] https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/tree/usr.sbin/pkg/FreeBSD.conf.latest?h=stable/15

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[3]

 

[balanga]

Thanks for taking the trouble to respond.

At this point in time, it looks like a bit of a lotttery as far as getting this working. I think I had better wait until 15.1 is actually released before trying again.

 

[T-Daemon]

Thanks for taking the trouble to respond.

No trouble at all.

At this point in time, it looks like a bit of a lotttery as far as getting this working.

Simply install (or create package: make package) the drm graphics driver from ports, e.g. graphics/drm-66-kmod. It has only two build dependencies, with ports-mgmt/pkg already installed, the other devel/ccache.

I think I had better wait until 15.1 is actually released before trying again.

Waiting for 15.1-RELEASE will resolve mfsBSD with high resolution graphics for a short time. By the time the first 15.1-RELEASE patch is distributed, the kernel.txz dist file of the release is outdated, causing the drm-kmod video driver installed from packages to be incompatible with the kernel version. Packages (ports) are built on the FreeBSD build cluster within poudriere jails corresponding to the latest patch level of each branch. See example below.

The only way (I know of) to avoid rebuilding kernel.txz and base.txz from source to latest patch level for use on mfsBSD is to stick with STABLE, which provides regular snapshots, and build the drm-kmod video driver from ports for the target system.


https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy23/data/150amd64-default/14bd0e320b77/logs/pkg-2.7.5.log .

=>> Building ports-mgmt/pkg
build started at Thu Apr 30 01:02:28 UTC 2026
port directory: /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
package name: pkg-2.7.5
building for: FreeBSD 150amd64-default-job-01 15.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p7 amd64

 

[balanga]

No trouble at all.


Simply install (or create package: make package) the drm graphics driver from ports, e.g. graphics/drm-66-kmod. It has only two build dependencies, with ports-mgmt/pkg already installed, the other devel/ccache.


Waiting for 15.1-RELEASE will resolve mfsBSD with high resolution graphics for a short time. By the time the first 15.1-RELEASE patch is distributed, the kernel.txz dist file of the release is outdated, causing the drm-kmod video driver installed from packages to be incompatible with the kernel version. Packages (ports) are built on the FreeBSD build cluster within poudriere jails corresponding to the latest patch level of each branch. See example below.

The only way (I know of) to avoid rebuilding kernel.txz and base.txz from source to latest patch level for use on mfsBSD is to stick with STABLE, which provides regular snapshots, and build the drm-kmod video driver from ports for the target system.


https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy23/data/150amd64-default/14bd0e320b77/logs/pkg-2.7.5.log .

=>> Building ports-mgmt/pkg
build started at Thu Apr 30 01:02:28 UTC 2026
port directory: /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/pkg
package name: pkg-2.7.5
building for: FreeBSD 150amd64-default-job-01 15.0-RELEASE-p7 FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE-p7 amd64

Could I expect to get this working out of the box by installing the Beta 1 build snapshot of the 15.1 Release which was released 1.5?

 

[Alain De Vos]

just rebuild from source. [ Time then to watch some movies ]
I dont use ccache. Speed increase is marginal almost none. And sometimes contents of ccache can become corrupt...
Better use TMPFS if you have enough memory.

 

[balanga]

just rebuild from source. [ Time then to watch some movies ]
I dont use ccache. Speed increase is marginal almost none. And sometimes contents of ccache can become corrupt...
Better use TMPFS if you have enough memory.

Rebuilding from source never works for me and is not a viable option.

 

[Alain De Vos]

Please elaborate. I tell me why compiling not works.
Ok first things first.
Make sure /usr/src is a git clone.
Then use poudriere.
Then compile stuff like just graphics drivers kmods. This is small a few minutes.
Which error you receive ?
Not once you fix this mfbsd will work like a charm no errors. I swear.