FreeBSD 14.0 aarch64 - Download, Install & Configure

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@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Don't edit the */etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf* directly - copy the contents... (I should have known better...) Then create */usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf* and copy the contents into that one as the "/etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf" will get overwritten by an update.

@wildmanjeff42 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Christopher ! lot of great config information in your video. I have not tried 14.0 yet, need to try it out, hopefully will have time over the weekend! Cheers my friend !

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Time at the weekend Jeff? We all know that as soon as you plan a little time to get something you want to do done, as sure as sugar is sweet along comes that one household chore or repair job that has been on the back burner for months that *really* need to be done.... :-)

@wildmanjeff42 Жыл бұрын

very true !@@RoboNuggie

@brauliosolano Жыл бұрын

Since it's open source and there's interest in it, you could develop it if you how to program or you could pay someone to do it. That's always a possibility. 😊

@a6k_de 8 ай бұрын

at 3:00 (first reboot) i got a rainbow-screen, hanging. I testet 13.2, 13.3, 14.0 all releases the same. I'm using a Pi4 4GB and a SSD. If i try a 13.2 STABLE the Pi will boot, but i don't know how to upgrade a 13.2-STABLE to a 14.0-RELEASE. Any Idea?

@nichtgestalt Жыл бұрын

The missing Wifi driver really is a bummer! But as long you can get it to work, it shouldn't be too big of a problem. How is the boot up time? I heard it should be way faster now in version 14.0. Seems like it's time to be on the look out for a new browser for the Raspberry Pi. Also I really do like the editing! These little sound effects when future Nuggie interjects for a moment are super funny!! Would you kinda revisit your "How to set up a Desktop on Freebsd?" video series you did about a year ago? I assume some details have changed and maybe there is something to add(?). Keep it up! I'm exited for your content!

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

The boot time on the pi to the login in prompt, is, well, not going to break any speed records :-) 1m:02s I tend to leave the Pi on all the time as it uses so little power... That's an interesting idea....a revisit.... I'm sure some things will have changed, I'll make a note, and I'll have something out after a couple of videos I'm doing....

@mucklus Жыл бұрын

Hmm...thirty years of FreeBSD, the 14th version has been released, and problems with Wi-Fi have not been solved even on the Raspberry Pi....

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

I know, it's less than ideal, and a source of regret. It's getting done, slowly, but I fear that as soon as it is done, then we will still be far behind as things move on....

@remigoldbach9608 Жыл бұрын

One major problem is that the drivers are proprietary and only developed for linux. In this case it's not freeBSD's fault, but Broadcom's. Of course the driver support is unfortunately lacking in FreeBSD...

@b98a4c37 Жыл бұрын

I believe BSD may be a better fit for systems using wired networking

@paulconnolly4483 4 ай бұрын

@@remigoldbach9608the main reason why Broadcom and others don’t create drivers for FreeBSD is the lack of user base. If FreeBSD had developed a standard user interface and catered for users who don’t want to manually configure things 20 years ago maybe it would be different. Sadly I think that ship has sailed

@r1berto1 7 ай бұрын

I recently took a giant step and installed FreeBSD 14 on my laptop (Panasonic Toughbook CF-54). I had been a happy Debian desktop user for the past two decades. Want to make it my daily user. I followed the instruction on the manual and finally installed the Gnome desktop. I also (pkg installed) several browsers along with some other software. Still can't get the plug-in headset to work, my network printer and USB drives still don't work. I don't want to return to Linux. I know RoboNuggie has a video where he installs USB drives. Hope to find it soon. THANKS!

@johanb.7869 Жыл бұрын

To much to do for me. I want to install it and forget it, like KDE Neon for me does. So BSD is not for me.

@mohamad20zx34 Жыл бұрын

Actually I haven't found any other differences in freebsd but that's to be expected and as always thanks for your video mr Chris and i hope you can make another video running bsd on a gaming pc

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.... on a gaming PC? Well, I don't have one of those fancy ones, my PC's are a little more modest :-) But I'll have a look :-)

@mohamad20zx34 Жыл бұрын

@@RoboNuggie alrighty

@paulwratt Жыл бұрын

I think the main reason for RPi most OS's not having hardware acceleration is that the library is closed source, and the Linux kernel uses a (closed) binary blob to enable it. So the only way to get hardware acceleration is to integrate those two items into the boot process, and I dont know how compatible a linux based library is for non-linux based OS's. The binary blob is just a matter of where to include at "kernel" time, but you would essentially have to follow the RPiOS use case, and essentially that means a "hack" to for non-linux kernels - For the original Devuan on RPi, they used an upgraded Jessie Raspbian, which kept the kernel and the RPi specific libraries, and so they got hardware acceleration and all devices by default.

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Crikey - I didn't know this, I guess we're not going to get it anytime soon :-(

@paulwratt Жыл бұрын

@@RoboNuggie the alternate kernal module (kms?) used by the X Windows DRM modules _is_ (meant to be) open source , although I dont know if anyone has access to that source yet (they started writing it in time for RPi4 release, but I think the current version is still only just over 1 year old) - I believe this will be what other OS's will adapt, when they make those sources available (ie MESA must have had access to it at some point to give us that X DRM module)

@paulwratt Жыл бұрын

@@RoboNuggie It turns out the RPi "kernel blob" is actually ThreadX RTOS VideoCore (GPU) binary. Microsoft bought the company that made ThreadX RTOS a couple of years ago in response to AMZN taking over FreeRTOS, and they have just made it Open Source and gifted management of it to Eclipse Foundation. Plus i was right, the GPU library/driver is also Open Source, so you should see both parts in the next FreeBSD release. I guess we will see ..

@kamertonaudiophileplayer847 Жыл бұрын

I agree , FreeBSD is an excellent OS. But I was less lucky than you. First, Java 8 is incredibly slow, because there is no mixed mode. Secondary, my TF card died after 3 month. Since, FreeBSD doesn't support 32 bit mode for 14, I will wait when RPi 5 is back in stock. Perhaps in March next year.

@ThePsirens Жыл бұрын

Would anyone be able to help. I am having a problem, I have expanded the image on to a usb connected ssd. Updated pkg etc. Then copied all steps in the video editting sysctl.conf config.txt rc.conf, all going well until the reboot at 11:54. After rebooting it keeps going to mountroot> This is what I got. Manual root filesysten specification: : [options] Mount using filesystem and with the specified (optional) option list. eg. ufs:/dev/da0s1a zfs:tank cd9660:/dev/acd0 ro (Which is equivalent to: mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/acd0 /) ? List valid disk boot devices . Yield 1 second (for background tasks) Abort manual input mountroot> Raspberry Pi 4 b. I am on the latest pi firmware, updated after first failed attempt. Latest freebsd image. If this is a simple problem please forgive me i am new, but i haven't had any success following forum posts.

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Could it be a typo? All it takes is not putting a " or other small error can have this effect....

@jeffgriffith2868 10 ай бұрын

"Crikey, he's rebooting more than Windows!" 🤣 - tbh I know exactly how it goes when making sure new configs are persistent. Especially if it's a VM or jail where the reboot/restart isn't going to take ages.

@cdoliveirar Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🤙

@fra4455 Жыл бұрын

Great video✌

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@fra4455 Жыл бұрын

@@RoboNuggie thanks

@Alex_556 Жыл бұрын

No built-in wifi support? Sorry, here is a hard stop for me.

@sam_sheridan Жыл бұрын

Was wondering if it worked well on a 400, thank you

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

It does, with a little patience :-) I have a lot of love for the Pi..designed and made here in the UK (in Wales), it takes me back to my youth with a Dragon 32 - it gives me the same vibes...

@StormOS_Dev_Channel Жыл бұрын

hey chris so i recently swapped my lenovo legion 5 laptop from intel ax200 wifi card to a bcm4360 wifi card as the intel one was having issues staying conncted via linux or bsd so i bought the 4360 and i googled to see IF it works in bsd and i find no driver for it. Idk if you can help with that or offer some advice perhaps? i see no relevant info for it sadly on google or etc.

@enjcuta4774 Жыл бұрын

In the Linux world the BCM4360 has a binary blob allowing it to work, but that blob only supports some bcm4360 chips as there are 2 versions of it. In FreeBSD the bwn package only supports bcm43xx up to bcm4313 or some low number like that. The most elaborate Wi-Fi support I’ve seen involved a Linux VM client with the driver for the radio and passthru to the FreeBSD host. I do not remember more details than that. My personal preference is using a known BSD supported USB radio dongle since the more elaborate configurations tend to break regularly.

@StormOS_Dev_Channel Жыл бұрын

@@enjcuta4774 yeah that sounds like a heck of a lot of work, ill probably just stick to linux on this card..

@htx80nerd 9 ай бұрын

Very strange tab crashing issue

@josmoify Жыл бұрын

in freebsd repos why is there no .img for pinebook pro pinebook and rockpro is all I see ? :(

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

I don't have one at hand, so I can;t test this - but there are a couple of guides on getting FreeBSD running on a Pinebook Pro.... freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FreeBSD-on-the-Pinebook-Pro.pdf and forums.freebsd.org/threads/freebsd-desktop-for-pinebook-pro.78269/

@josmoify Жыл бұрын

thanks @@RoboNuggie

@enjcuta4774 Жыл бұрын

The official FreeBSD Pine64 images are, afaik, supported by a single maintainer with those devices. The only desktop useable image for the PBP is being cobbled together by a single person, with the web persona Sleepwalker. They have their hands busy in several projects using Rockchip based SBCs and infrequently update. There is a PBP thread in the official FreeBSD forum, and various SBC threads that have some movement regarding various ARM SBCs using Rockchip SoCs. Unfortunately open-source ARM SBC support is fragmented and spread across so many social media platforms, it requires creative and patient searches for slivers of info.

@josmoify Жыл бұрын

@@enjcuta4774 the only bsd i got to work is the 10 netbsd ,i tried several versions of the older free and openbsd which hang up and only leave me with single user ....it feels like an abandoned project. the linux distro seem to be more popular for that unit .

@usahotnews2874 8 ай бұрын

hello sir! what pi version was used in the video?

@RoboNuggie 8 ай бұрын

Sorry for the late reply - A Raspberry Pi 400

@DieterZakel 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the video! But I cannot boot from the FREEBSD SD. I always end up ate the rainbow screen. With 13 and 14. Does anyone has an idea why this is happening on my Pi400?

@RoboNuggie 11 ай бұрын

How did you write the img to the SD card?

@DieterZakel 11 ай бұрын

Balena Etcher and dd @@RoboNuggie

@m.wiesner4747 11 ай бұрын

@RoboNuggie: How to get the Desktop working with the normal user? When I login as my user and prompt "start" the desktop shows me 3 Terminal windows and a clock only. When I use "sudo starts" xfce starts, but with "Charlie Root" as user. What to do?

@m.wiesner4747 11 ай бұрын

Problem solved! I added .xinitrc with the command "exec xfce4session" also to folder /home/"user"/ Then you'll be able to log in as user with xfce4 desktop, too. But in FreeBSD 14.0 the desktop installer also works on the arm version. Just do "pkg install desktop-installer" and execute it. Works fine!

@RoboNuggie 11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry I missed your comment, KZbin sometimes plays tricks with comments for one reason or another, but strangely your reply came through?.... weird. Desktop installer is a cool tool, I didn't know it was on Arm as well... nice, thank you!

@sam_sheridan Жыл бұрын

Many peoole seem to be struggling with doing portsnap fetch, worth covering ?

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

An interesting idea, but I'm not sure how to cover it... it's never failed for me.... I'll have a look, cheers Sam!

@tylerdean980 Жыл бұрын

Do all the GPIO libraries work on the pi running BSD?

@RoboNuggie Жыл бұрын

In my shame I haven't tested - but I should image that they do as there are several packages available for FreeBSD with gpio and i2c tools etc.... I'll have to get a breakout board and do some testing.....hopefully Santa will deliver me some (hint to Mrs Robo)

@verboommm 10 ай бұрын

What about trying NetBSD for this case?

@RoboNuggie 10 ай бұрын

That's a good idea....never say never :-)

@alberttenfoot 11 ай бұрын

Hi! I hope you celebrated the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024 in the appropriate manner. We ancients rely upon you youngsters to keep those traditions going. 😀 Joking aside, I hope that this year will bring you nothing but love and happiness. In my last comment, I mentioned that I hoped to venture into FreeBSD this year, and I’ll be making use of your previous videos, together with lots of questions to achieve my goals. Here is my current set up and what I want to do. Is it possible, please? My computer is a Lenovo Thinkpad T450s with one internal SSD upon which is installed Linux Must as the sole operating system. I also have a separate Toshiba 500GB SSD in an enclosure, which has a USB connection. What I want to do (a) Install FreeBSD - on the Toshiba SSD (b) Be able to choose which SSD I boot from when powering up the computer. I have searched the internet and there are many answers. Some are very complex and probably above my level of expertise. Others are not as complex, but have replies which suggest the answer given will not work. So, is there a reasonably simple and foolproof way to achieve what I want to do, or should I forget it and try something else, please?

@RoboNuggie 11 ай бұрын

In this instance I personally would download the FreeBSD ISO, burn it to a USB stick, boot from the USB stick and at the same time have the USB-SSD plugged in - using the installer menu, install FreeBSD to the SSD..., then unplug the USB stick, leaving the SSD plugged in, reboot booting from the USB SSD and you should have a FreeBSD install.... when you are finished, power down, remove usb-ssd and boot into Linux.... The trick is to choose the right SSD when installing FreeBSD.....

@RoboNuggie 11 ай бұрын

And I'm sooo, sorry to have missed your comment - KZbin has been playing up recently with comments etc.... please accept me apologies... and let me know how you got on....

@alberttenfoot 10 ай бұрын

@@RoboNuggie I’m thinking it would probably be a safer route to buy a second had desktop or laptop computer, and am currently looking at a Lenovo ThinkCentre My710q Gen 6500T, with the following specs. Lenovo Thinkcentre M710q Tiny i5 6th Gen 6500T Up to 3.1Gh 8GB DDR4 Ram 128GB NVMe SSD W11 Pro Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6500T Processor 2.5Ghz Quad Cores 6M Cache, up to 3.10GHz Max Turbo Memory: 8GB DDR4 2400mhz, upgrade available, max Up to 32GB Storage: 128GB PCIe NVMe SSD, upgrade available Graphics: Graphics Intel HD Graphics 530 in processor, uses main memory. Audio support: HD Audio, Realtek® ALC294 Speaker: Internal speaker Ethernet: Gigabit ethernet, Intel Ethernet Connection I219-V, Wake on LAN Chipset: Intel B250 Chipset I'd appreciate your comments about the suitability of the beast for my venture into learning FreeBSD, please.

@Niklo74 5 ай бұрын

Is it possible to watch youtube videos on FreeBSD running on a Raspberry PI 4?

@RoboNuggie 5 ай бұрын

Sorry for the late reply..... It's possible, but perhaps not worth it. FreeBSD on the Pi isn't hardware accelerated and then it's not stable. You could download and then view with a media player....but not ideal.