fbsd-11-imac-2008.txt

#********************************************************************
#**  _00-readme-freebsd-11.1-imac.txt
#**    This note describes the proces of installing FreeBSD 11.1
#**    on an Intel iMac (early 2008)
#**    xref _00-readme-freebsd-11.txt
#**    last update 20170822.2034
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-- System Specifications:
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iMac 20 inch Aluminum, early 2008, iMac8,1
Native Resolution - 1680x1050 32-Bit Color
Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz
6GB 800MHz DDR 2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon HD 2400 PCIe GPU 128MB VRAM
Intel High Definition Audio

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--  Create a memstick version of the install media
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curl -O http://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/11.1/FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img.xz

unxz FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img.xz

insert a usb drive
diskutil list
diskutil unmountdisk /dev/disk2
sudo dd if=FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/rdisk2 bs=1m
diskutil eject /dev/disk2

on FreeBSD prepare the USB stick (or follow the manual boot method in the notes section)
su -
geom disk list
gpart show /dev/da1
mount -t ufs /dev/da1p3 /mnt
vi /mnt/boot/loader.conf
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_RV610_me.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko
set kern.vty=vt

sync
sync
umount /mnt

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--  Boot from install media and install the base system
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Insert the USB stick in a free USB port on the iMac
While booting, hold down the alt key (option) to see the USB drive
Select an external drive labeled EFI Boot 

Select Install at the Welcome screen
Select Continue to use the default US keymap
Set the hostname - host.home
Select lib32, ports, src packages
Select Guided On Root ZFS
Select ada0 for the disk
Confirm the selection

The BSD installer installs the selections to disk

Set root password and confirm
Select ue0
Select IPv4
Select DHCP
Select No fro IPv6
At the Network configuration screen enter sentech.home in the field labeled Search
Select OK to confirm Network configuration
Select Yes to choose UTC for local clock
Select 2. America
      49. United States
      11. Central Time
Select Yes for CDT
Select sshd, moused, ntpd, powerd, dumpdev as services to start at boot
Select Yes to add user
  set Username, Full name, wheel operator, and password
Select Yes to save
Select No to stop adding users
Select Exit to apply configurations
Select Yes for manual configuration
at the prompt:

vi /boot/loader.conf
radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp_load="YES"
radeonkmsfw_RV610_me_load="YES"
radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc_load="YES"
radeonkms_load="YES"
kern.vty=vt
autoboot_delay="1"
kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864
kern.ipc.shmall=32768

vi /etc/rc.conf
add the following before ntpd_enable="YES"
netwait_enable="YES"
netwait_ip="192.168.0.1"

vi /boot/device.hints
hint.hdaa.0.config="ovref"
hint.hdaa.0.gpio_config="0=set"
hint.hdaa.0.nid20.config="as=4 seq=15"

exit

Select Reboot and remove media after it unmounts

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--  Post install
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login as normal user and become root
su -

sync the time
ntpdate -u pool.ntp.org

if the ntp service wasn't selected at install, sync the time offline
ntpdate -s time.nist.gov

bring the system up to date (will install the pkg system)
pkg upgrade

pkg install sudo bash
mount -t fdescfs fdescfs /dev/fd

visudo and activate wheel with no password
exit

as user
sudo ls to test
chsh
/usr/local/bin/bash

exit

login as user
echo $BASH to test

sudo pkg install git-gui

git config --global user.name "Name"
git config --global user.email email@email.com
git config --global push.default simple
git config --global core.pager "less -e -F -R -X"
git config --global core.excludesfile "~/.gitignore_global"

confirm the settings
git config --global -e

vi ~/.gitignore_global
*~
\#*\#
/.emacs.desktop
/.emacs.desktop.lock
*.elc
auto-save-list
tramp
.\#*

sudo vi /etc/hosts
::1                     localhost localhost.my.domain
127.0.0.1               localhost localhost.my.domain
add hosts

ssh-keygen

sudo vi /etc/fstab
add bash and openjdk required entries

# bash requires devfs
fdesc           /dev/fd         fdescfs rw      0       0

# openjdk and others require proc
proc            /proc           procfs  rw      0       0


prepare for cups

sudo vi /etc/devfs.rules 
[system=10]
add path 'unlpt*' mode 0660 group cups
add path 'ulpt*' mode 0660 group cups
add path 'lpt*' mode 0660 group cups

sudo vi /boot/loader.conf
kern.geom.label.disk_ident.enable="0"
kern.geom.label.gptid.enable="0"
zfs_load="YES"
radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp_load="YES"
radeonkmsfw_RV610_me_load="YES"
radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc_load="YES"
radeonkms_load="YES"
kern.vty=vt
autoboot_delay="1"
kern.ipc.shmmax=67108864
kern.ipc.shmall=32768

sudo vi /etc/rc.conf
hostname="host.home"
ifconfig_ue0="DHCP"
sshd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
netwait_enable="YES"
netwait_ip="192.168.0.1"
ntpd_enable="YES"
powerd_enable="YES"
# Set dumpdev to "AUTO" to enable crash dumps, "NO" to disable
dumpdev="AUTO"
zfs_enable="YES"

#kde
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
kdm4_enable="YES"

#cups
cupsd_enable="YES"
devfs_system_ruleset="system"

#xrdp
xrdp_enable="YES"
xrdp_sesman_enable="YES"


vi ~/.xinitrc
exec /usr/local/bin/startkde

sudo pkg install xorg virtuoso kde vim firefox xrdp emacs25 xf86-video-ati

uncomment the path setting in startwm.sh
sudo vi /usr/local/etc/xrdp/startwm.sh
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
export PATH=$PATH

reboot and test kde, sound, etc., then xrdp

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-- Printer Configuration (list of files to link came from
--   pkg info -l cups-base |grep lp|grep bin
--   an orig list came from
--   pkg info -l cups-base |grep lp|grep bin|sed 's/local\///'
--   the confirmation is ls -l `which lpadmin`
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xref http://localhost:631/help/options.html
xref http://srobb.net/cups.html

cat > fixcupslp.sh << "EOF"
#!/usr/local/bin/bash

bdirs=("/usr/bin/" "/usr/sbin/")
tdirs=("/usr/local/bin/" "/usr/local/sbin/")

files=( "lp" "lpq" "lpr" "lprm" "lpstat" "lpadmin" "lpc" "lpinfo" "lpmove" )

#echo "checking for the existence of cups via ${tdirs[0]}lp"

if ! [ -e ${tdirs[0]}lp ];
then
   echo "did you install cups?"
   exit 0
fi

x=0
y=0
for i in "${tdirs[@]}"
do
   for j in "${files[@]}"
   do
      if [ -f "$i$j" ];
      then
         # check if a file exists, if it does, back it up and link it
         if [ -h ${bdirs[$x]}$j ];
         then
            echo "rm ${bdirs[$x]}$j"
            rm ${bdirs[$x]}$j
            echo "ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}"
            ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}
            (( y=y+1 ))
         elif [ -f ${bdirs[$x]}$j ];
         then
             echo "mv ${bdirs[$x]}$j ${bdirs[$x]}$j.o"
             mv ${bdirs[$x]}$j ${bdirs[$x]}$j.o
             echo "ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}"
             ln -s ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}
             (( y=y+1 ))
         # otherwise, check if it is in the wrong directory
         else
             if [ $x == 0 ] && [ -e ${bdirs[1]}$j ];
             then
                echo "$j found in ${bdirs[1]}, expected it to be in ${bdirs[0]}"
             elif [ $x == 1 ] && [ -e ${bdirs[0]}$j ];
             then
                echo "$j found in ${bdirs[0]}, expected it to be in ${bdirs[1]}"
             else
                echo "ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}"
                ln -s $i$j ${bdirs[$x]}
                (( y=y+1 ))
             fi
         fi
      fi
   done
   (( x=x+1 ))
done
echo "Finished... linked $y files"
EOF

sudo bash ./fixcupslp.sh

expect
Finished... linked 9 files

to keep upgrades from screwing things up
sudo vi /etc/make.conf
uncomment
#NO_LPR=

add
CUPS_OVERWRITE_BASE=yes

sudo /etc/rc.d/devfs restart
sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/cupsd restart

browse to http://localhost:631
add printer
choose ipp
url: ipp://192.168.0.120:631/ipp
MFC-8670DN
browse to ppd
Set default options (page won't return, just browse back to the admin page)
print a self test page
set as server default

configure kde
configure kate print margins
print a test

get the name of the available printers
lpstat -a

# create a duplicate with duplex
sudo lpoptions -p MFC-8670DN/duplex -o sides=two-sided-long-edge

set it as the default destination
#lpoptions -d MFC-8670DN/duplex
lpoptions -d MFC-8670DN

printf "Hello\nOn\nMultiple\nLines\n" | lpr

celebrate

options can be set with the call to lp
lp -o lpi=8 -o cpi=12 -o page-left=54 -o page-right=54 -o page-top=54 -o page-bottom=54 -o prettyprint _00-readme-freebsd-10.2.txt


If you have trouble as root, confirm that TMPDIR is set
echo $TMPDIR
export TMPDIR='/tmp'

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-- OpenJDK (requires fdesc and proc, both of which have been added to fstab)
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# sudo pkg install openjdk8
java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_112"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_112-b16)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.112-b16, mixed mode)

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-- Notes:
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When booting from the USB stick:

Press 3 at the Welcome to FreeBSD menu to drop into the loader prompt which will display OK

type boot-conf and return
press the space bar after kernel, text, and syms load to return to the loader prompt (the kernel will now be loaded)

at the loader prompt, type:
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_RV610_pfp.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_RV610_me.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkmsfw_R600_rlc.ko
load /boot/kernel/radeonkms.ko
set kern.vty=vt
boot