Hello everybody. I am new to GhostBSD and new in this forum.
I'm using FreeBSD for some years now on a desktop system. I used NomadBSD on my ASUS laptop to play around with it because in the past FreeBSD made some problems on it. But now in 2024 FreeBSD 14 works pretty well with it. Time to try GhostBSD on my laptop.
The installation of GhostBSD was not without problems. This laptop has a Intel/Nvidia optimus video card and FreeBSD works at best with the Intel card without installing Nvidia.
After booting the Xserver did not start. I changed to a tty and made 2 new files in
/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. 10-scfb.conf and 20-Monitor.conf.
In 10-scfb.conf I set the driver to the scfb framebuffer (UEFI) and in 20-Monitor.conf the Screen to Screen0.
I inserted startx and xorg started the mate desktop. I got a poor screen resolution with 800x600 but it was enough to run the installer "gbi".
After the installation I installed the drm-kmod video driver and deleted the 10-scfb.conf file. I made a new one, 10-video.conf with modesetting. After a reboot I got the mate desktop in 1920x1080 and it works fine.
Sound was not working. I installed the gtk-mixer and no I got sound. WiFi Intel AC 9560 works also. The key-bindings on the Fn-Keys do not work, so I installed gammy to adjust my display brightness.
Now GhostBSD is running pretty fast and without issues. I like it very much and try to use it as my daily driver.
I'm using FreeBSD for some years now on a desktop system. I used NomadBSD on my ASUS laptop to play around with it because in the past FreeBSD made some problems on it. But now in 2024 FreeBSD 14 works pretty well with it. Time to try GhostBSD on my laptop.
The installation of GhostBSD was not without problems. This laptop has a Intel/Nvidia optimus video card and FreeBSD works at best with the Intel card without installing Nvidia.
After booting the Xserver did not start. I changed to a tty and made 2 new files in
/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. 10-scfb.conf and 20-Monitor.conf.
In 10-scfb.conf I set the driver to the scfb framebuffer (UEFI) and in 20-Monitor.conf the Screen to Screen0.
I inserted startx and xorg started the mate desktop. I got a poor screen resolution with 800x600 but it was enough to run the installer "gbi".
After the installation I installed the drm-kmod video driver and deleted the 10-scfb.conf file. I made a new one, 10-video.conf with modesetting. After a reboot I got the mate desktop in 1920x1080 and it works fine.
Sound was not working. I installed the gtk-mixer and no I got sound. WiFi Intel AC 9560 works also. The key-bindings on the Fn-Keys do not work, so I installed gammy to adjust my display brightness.
Now GhostBSD is running pretty fast and without issues. I like it very much and try to use it as my daily driver.
Statistics: Posted by mameko — Tue Oct 15, 2024 6:38 am