The rough guide below is for:
- FreeBSD-15.0-ALPHA5-amd64-20251004-1c0898edf28f-280541-dvd1.iso
Before first boot:
Graham Perrin grahamperrin
grahamperrin
/ 2025-11-29-virtualbox.txt
Created
November 29, 2025 13:42
All VirtualBox VMs terminating unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1) – Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) – Component: MachineWrap – Interface: IMachine {e36a5081-a82a-40bd-9e4e-42a44d6ce50f}
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| grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~> VBoxManage startvm removable | |
| Waiting for VM "removable" to power on... | |
| VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'removable' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1) | |
| VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine | |
| grahamperrin@mowa219-gjp4 ~ [1]> sudo dmesg | grep -i vbox | |
| [sudo: authenticate] Password: | |
| [ 65.864631] vboxdrv: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel | |
| [ 65.878166] vboxdrv: Found 8 processor cores/threads | |
| [ 65.894652] vboxdrv: TSC mode is Invariant, tentative frequency 2494209944 Hz | |
| [ 65.894659] vboxdrv: Successfully loaded version 7.2.4 r170995 (interface 0x00340001) |
grahamperrin
/ freebsd-15.0-beta5-desktop-online.txt
Created
November 9, 2025 04:00
FreeBSD 15-BETA5: using the Foundation-funded desktop script for online installation of KDE Plasma and applications, SDDM, X.Org, and Oracle® VirtualBox Guest Additions
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| Script started on Sat Nov 8 22:52:14 2025 | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh | |
| /bin/sh: /bin/tcsh: not found | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # which ee | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # pkg install -qy FreeBSD-csh FreeBSD-ee FreeBSD-bsdconfig | |
| Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/man... | |
| Generating apropos(1) database for /usr/share/openssl/man... | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # fetch https://tinyurl.com/desktop-alfix |
grahamperrin
/ freebsd-15.0-beta5-dvd-offline.txt
Created
November 9, 2025 01:39
FreeBSD 15: offline installation of GNOME (in the absence of KDE Plasma and applications) using FreeBSD-15.0-BETA5-amd64-dvd1.iso
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| Script started on Sun Nov 9 00:32:47 2025 | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # /bin/tcsh | |
| /bin/sh: /bin/tcsh: not found | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # which ee | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # mkdir -p /dist | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0 /dist | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:~ # cd /dist/usr/freebsd-packages/offline | |
| root@fifteen-beta5:/dist/usr/freebsd-packages/offline # ls -hln FreeBSD-bsdconfig-15* FreeBSD-csh-15* FreeBSD-ee-15* | |
| -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 184K Nov 7 12:44 FreeBSD-bsdconfig-15.0.b5.20251107103050.pkg | |
| -rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 373K Nov 7 12:44 FreeBSD-csh-15.0.b5.20251107103050.pkg |
grahamperrin
/ mate-freebsd-15.0-beta4.txt
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November 2, 2025 00:00
Installing MATE whilst booted from FreeBSD-15.0-BETA4-amd64-dvd1.iso
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| Script started on Sat Nov 1 15:59:36 2025 | |
| # mount | grep cd | |
| /dev/iso9660/15_0_BETA4_AMD64_DVD on / (cd9660, local, read-only) | |
| # which csh | |
| # ee | |
| /bin/sh: ee: not found | |
| # nano | |
| /bin/sh: nano: not found | |
| # pkg install -qy FreeBSD-ee FreeBSD-csh FreeBSD-bsdconfig nano | |
| pkg: Repository FreeBSD-base has a wrong packagesite, need to re-create database |
grahamperrin
/ 2025-10-28-pkg-delete-base-disabled.txt
Created
October 28, 2025 21:52
pkg-delete(8) with FreeBSD-base disabled
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| Script started on Tue Oct 28 21:44:47 2025 | |
| root@beta-3:~ # echo $SHELL | |
| /bin/tcsh | |
| root@beta-3:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU | |
| 15.0-BETA3 | |
| 15.0-BETA3 | |
| 15.0-BETA3 | |
| FreeBSD 15.0-BETA3 releng/15.0-n280772-74a6de9f9625 GENERIC amd64 1500068 1500068 |
grahamperrin
/ 2025-10-27-pkg.txt
Created
October 27, 2025 05:29
2025-10-27 pkg oddities with (end of life) 14.2-RELEASE
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| Script started on Mon Oct 27 05:11:46 2025 | |
| root@fourteen-two:~ # echo $SHELL | |
| /bin/tcsh | |
| root@fourteen-two:~ # pkg repos -e | grep url | sort | |
| url : "pkg+https://pkg.FreeBSD.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly", | |
| root@fourteen-two:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU | |
| 14.2-RELEASE |
grahamperrin
/ freebsd-installer-offline-packages.md
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October 9, 2025 23:32
FreeBSD Installer: using the installer's offline packages
grahamperrin
/ 2025-09-25 06-55 typescript.txt
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September 25, 2025 06:47
FreeBSD major upgrade from RELEASE to CURRENT, before and after pkg issue 2522
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| Script started on Thu Sep 25 06:55:15 2025 | |
| root@freebsd-conf:~ # echo $SHELL | |
| /bin/csh | |
| root@freebsd-conf:~ # freebsd-version -kru ; uname -mvKU | |
| 14.3-RELEASE-p3 | |
| 14.3-RELEASE-p3 | |
| 14.3-RELEASE-p3 | |
| FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p3 releng/14.3-n271443-ed55d0f2bc69 GENERIC amd64 1403000 1403000 |
grahamperrin
/ pkgbase-major-upgrade.md
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December 4, 2025 06:11
FreeBSD: pkgbase: major upgrades
A rough guide, for alpha testing on AMD64:
- tested with FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA2 and ALPHA3
- things might be less rough with ALPHA4, with or without the next release of ports-mgmt/pkg.
Not intended to be comprehensive.
grahamperrin
/ freebsd-packages-shortlist.md
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September 18, 2025 19:10
A shortlist of FreeBSD packages
Packages that I often install on test systems.
pkg install --quiet --yes drm-kmod firefox gdisk gitup htop hw-probe kde lsblk lynx nano pciutils plasma6-sddm-kcm roxterm sddm stressdisk uclcmd usbutils virtualbox-ose-additions xfce xorg
I normally omit:
drm-kmodwhen installing in a VirtualBox guestkdeandplasma6-sddm-kcmwhen I want Xfce alone
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