Second attempt at FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386, Xorg, and Xfce graphical desktop

[David Christensen]

On 01/19/17 09:53, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, David Christensen wrote:
>
>> 1.  Erase system drive.
>
> Not necessary, but does no harm.

I take images of my system drives with dd | gzip.  Zeroing the drives 
saves space.


BTW -- is there a ZFS equivalent of "zerofree"?


If and when I understand slices, partitions, boot loaders, etc., and how 
to serialize/ de-serialize unencrypted/ encrypted swap and ZFS file 
systems, I'll have another option.


>> 5.  Based upon xorg package notes, create
>> /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/root # cat /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-fonts.conf
>> # Recommended by xorg package:
>> Section "Files"
>>     FontPath     "/usr/local/share/fonts/dejavu/"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>>     Load  "freetype"
>> EndSection
>
> This probably needs updates, but also probably does no harm.

What updates?  How?


>> 6.  Per handbook section 5.4.3, edit /boot/loader.conf:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/root # diff /boot/loader.conf-20170114-1232
>> /boot/loader.conf
>> 13a14
>>> kern.vty=vt
>
> Should be the default for FreeBSD 10.x, but does no harm(TM).

I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.


If the information is obsolete, the handbook should be updated.


>> 7.  Install Xfce:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/root # pkg install xfce
>>
>> (Based upon xfce package notes, the file I previously created for
>> polkit based upon package installation notes was for Suspend, not for
>> Shut Down and Restart.  Forget it -- Shut Down and Restart can work
>> without it.)
>
> This step is a little unclear.

How about this:


7.  Install Xfce:

toor at freebsd:/root # pkg install xfce

Ignore message:

To be able to shutdown or reboot your system, you'll have to add .rules
files in /usr/local/etc/polkit-1/rules.d directory. Which looks
like this (replace PUTYOURGROUPHERE by your group):

polkit.addRule(function (action, subject) {
   if ((action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart" ||
       action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop")
       && subject.isInGroup("PUTYOURGROUPHERE")) {
     return polkit.Result.YES;
   }
});

For those who have working suspend/resume:

polkit.addRule(function (action, subject) {
   if (action.id == "org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.suspend"
       && subject.isInGroup("PUTYOURGROUPHERE")) {
     return polkit.Result.YES;
   }
});


The message should be removed from the package.


>> 9. Create D-Bus machine identifier:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/root # dbus-uuidgen --ensure=/etc/machine-id
>
> I have never done this and do not have that file.

I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.


Xfce would not start without it.


>> 10. Enable Xfce Shut Down and Restart by starting dbus and hald at
>> system boot:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/root # diff /etc/rc.conf-20170114-1648 /etc/rc.conf
>> 12a13,14
>>> dbus_enable="YES"
>>> hald_enable="YES"
>
> It is possible to build the ports with hal disabled.

I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.


>> 11. Edit startx to silence xauth warning about missing serverauth:
>>
>> toor at freebsd:/usr/local/bin # diff startx-20170111-1934-orig startx
>> 182c182
>> <     xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
>> ---
>>>     touch $xserverauthfile; xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
>
> I have never done this, either.

I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.


I prefer zero warnings and zero errors.


>> 12. Add Xfce settings to silence xfce4-session warnings "No GPG agent
>> found" and "SSH authentication agent is already running":
>
> Never did this, either. Might be due to xfce4-session trying to
> automatically start services that are already running. That is
> configurable.

I'm using FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img and packages.


I prefer zero warnings and zero errors.


>> 13. Install xscreensaver to enable Panel -> Action Buttons -> Lock
>> Screen and Application Menu -> Settings -> Screensaver.
>
> Optional, but okay.

I expect screen saver/ locking to work OOTB.


David