Can Sup Forums help me get a functioning GUI on my Raspberry Pi running FreeBSD?
Also, are there any Window Managers or Desktop environments that are particularly popular amongst *BSD users, or maybe even not typically available for Linux?
But anyway Ive been trying to get a GUI running with no success. :^(
>are there any Window Managers or Desktop environments that are particularly popular amongst *BSD users, or maybe even not typically available for Linux? But nothing work in BSD
Henry Campbell
but what about that linux compatibility layer?
Grayson Hall
Sooo, which xorg should i install?
Elijah Miller
plz halp
Lucas Anderson
very aesthetic desktop. i can't offer any help.
what are you using your pi for?
Henry Brooks
if you can't figure this out for yourself, you should switch back to Ubuntu
Robert Torres
Thanks for the compliment
>what are you using your pi for? For now, learning FreeBSD
At some point in the future I might turn it into a security camera
Wyatt Parker
CWM is probably the WM most unique to BSD that people actually use. It was developed by OpenBSD and is available on FreeBSD and works a bit differently from linux WMs. For example, it doesn't have multiple desktops but instead you switch between tasks (e.g., one command will call up your IRCs and shit. another will open up your coding shit, etc..)
Getting a gui up should be easy. Just go find a WM and compile/pkg add it and then it'll pull in xorg.
Parker Jones
btw may I have your wallpaper pls?
Carter Taylor
0/10
Hunter Russell
sure, I took it myself on a Canon DSLR that I modified for InfraRed. For an interesting effect, check out what happens when you run auto white balance in gimp
>Getting a gui up should be easy. Just go find a WM and compile/pkg add it and then it'll pull in xorg. I have icewm installed. I had xorg-minimal installed, but Xorg -configure kept failing saying no displays found. startx failed the same way. I then installed the package "raspberrypi-userland-20160306" which conflicted with and therefore removed xorg-minimal. Now I have no xorg installed, though icewm remains installed
BSDs don't hold your hand. If he needs his hand held, he should find an OS willing to do so.
Elijah Bell
I did most of that. That tells you to use a specific FreeBSD image though, which is not the one I am using. Ill go back and try it all again though, maybe I missed something
Mason Morgan
the fuck are you talking about? FreeBSD has the best and most complete documentation. Also the community is more knowledgeable about FreeBSD and Linux that the Linux community is about Linux.
Jose Murphy
Again, 0/10
Ayden Collins
No they aren't. All they """"""know"""""" about Linux is that they are supposed to hate everything GPL'd.
Ryan Reyes
xorg itself
xorg-minimal could work but it doesn't come with enough shit
Jason Morris
Oh fuck off you fucking freetard. You just want to turn this thread into another license argument.
Logan Williams
>xorg itself OK I havent tried that yet. installing now...
Grayson Rodriguez
installing....
sorry slow internet connection
Joshua Parker
I agree, it's fantastic. OP should try reading it.
Gavin Robinson
Thanks
Xavier Young
still installing the full xorg package...
Asher Scott
Don't mind me, I'm just lurking this thread to see how op is doing
This is interesting
Samuel Nelson
it's a pretty big one
i wonder why freebsd doesn't have an optional set of pre-installed packages like openbsd/netbsd
Jack Smith
OP here, still not working. Xorg -configure has this in its output
scfb trace: probe start No devices to configure. Configuration failed.
startx has:
Fatal server error: (EE) no screens found(EE)
Nolan Flores
well is it plugged in a screen or are you just ssh'ing to it
if it is and it's still not working then try "setenv DISPLAY :0" if you're using csh or "export DISPLAY=:0" if you're using sh
Alexander Lee
its plugged into a display but I am also sshing into it. For convenience I am running pretty much entirely through ssh but I am running "startx" on the pi itself
I tried the setenv command you mentioned but it does not seem to help.
Noah Wilson
hm
what about setting DISPLAY to 127.0.0.1:0.0
Sebastian Walker
also can you give us a dmesg since X can't probe hardware
maybe that'll help us find what's missing
Adam Martin
Im sorry but can you please clarify how I should run setenv? I think I have been doing it correctly and its still not working when set to 127.0.0.1:0.0
Nolan Cox
install Aqua
Liam Stewart
you just type it in the shell
can you give me the output of "echo $DISPLAY" and "echo $SHELL" so we can make sure