Edited 106d ago
freebsd
Inspired by the @rl_dane post (https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane/statuses/01K2HZ6FD6NY14CZS63EPPNKX5) about "Cool computers always have/had a light background. This is where I live now. I ain't movin'" — I remember about some words, I've read in the man 4 vt.
I've already changed default console font via vidcontrol, so why not to try change a colors for the text terminals too? 
There are some sysctl variables, which can be changed via /boot/loader.conf — 16 variables for 8 base colors and for the 8 bright versions of the same colors. And 
the same 16 colors are listed in the description of my beloved Solarized color theme!
So, I just entered the necessary hex values to the /boot/loader.conf and rebooted. Result was far from ideal — somehow, the red/blue and cyan/brown colors are swapped (see the pic 1), despite all color codes are matched with corresponding hex color codes 
.
Ok, I entered blue hex color code to the variable with red code and vice versa. And the text descriptions of colors from "vidcontrol show" got the right colors. Despite, some bright colors displayed as shades of grey (see pic. 2).
Don't know why, maybe it is bug in the Intel's i915kms or in the vt driver 
…
The last change I've made — swapped the white and black color definitions to get something like Solarized Light. The result is on the pic. 3 
Waking up to a bunch of #FreeBSD security advisories. Ugh.
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Using pkgbasify to repair a broken installation of FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE
https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/9570092c127bd43777961b6f016e75ba
FreeBSD package repository name changes
https://reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1n40dbd/freebsd_repository_name_changes/
Client: "I’d like to try some alternative themes for my WordPress site you’re hosting, but I’m afraid of breaking the production site."
Me: "Say no more."
I start:
- create a record for the test site
- bastille clone -l prod testing ip
- bastille console nginx → edit nginx proxy, add the new domain → certbot --nginx -d newdomain.tld
- bastille console testing → mysql → UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'https://newdomain.tld' WHERE option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE wp_options SET option_value = 'https://newdomain.tld' WHERE option_name = 'home';
- "Done. You can now connect to..."
FreeBSD, jails, ZFS. No limits.
Edited 331d ago
Help, please:
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current/2025-September/008892.html
I want to use uclcmd with a file that is initially empty:
/usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD: pkgbase: major upgrades
― a rough guide, for alpha testing on AMD64.
From <https://redd.it/1nlo8lp>:
❮ An obvious response to the roughness: it's more complicated than legacy freebsd-update(8) (for FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE). True; this is for alpha testing.
Please read the preamble before anything else. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to ask. ❯
Edited 355d ago
RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/115790975758203115
＂… the reality is that building an operating system is INCREDIBLY hard, … just the stuff that we did with the debugger and all these hoops you have to jump through, …
I mean, that's just a fraction of a thing, like, an OS is ENORMOUS, and it's decades of work layered on top, and somehow, someone has to keep it all in their head and get it working. … it's very, very difficult to understand that it's NOT easy – and if anybody thinks this stuff is easy, by the way, go build your own operating system and see how hard it is. It is unbelievably painful. …＂
― https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pwtsqc/comment/nwgvvbs/
When one of the first things you do is lookup if FreeBSD has the MangoWM in it's ports you know what kind of day it'll be 🤓 It doesn't btw, so I guess I'll possibly go for a compile.
#freebsd
Under the hood update!
I’ve finally retired the old cron + sh setup for the weather bots. It served us well, but it had a major flaw: if I rebooted the server while it was posting, the job just died halfway. If the server was down during a scheduled slot, the forecast was lost forever.
So, I wrote a custom Python daemon to run inside the FreeBSD Jails.
I’ve finally retired the old cron + sh setup for the weather bots. It served us well, but it had a major flaw: if I rebooted the server while it was posting, the job just died halfway. If the server was down during a scheduled slot, the forecast was lost forever.
So, I wrote a custom Python daemon to run inside the FreeBSD Jails.
It’s stateful now. If a crash happens at city 15 of 50, it resumes exactly there on reboot.
If the server naps/is rebooting during a scheduled run, the bot realizes it missed a slot and runs immediately upon waking up.
#FediMeteo #SysAdmin #Python #FreeBSD #Coding #SelfHosted #OwnYourData #StayTunedFreeBSD Installer: using the installer's offline packages
FreeBSD 15.0-ALPHA5 Now Available
https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-stable/2025-October/003330.html
For freebsd-update:
― "THE STEP OF UPDATING YOUR EXISTING SYSTEM FIRST IS NECESSARY …"
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1nyu2ky/comment/nhx8x53/
Screenshots below are of a multi-desktop environment system that used pkg for the update from ALPHA4 to ALPHA5.
#alpha #Cinnamon #MATE #KDE #Plasma #SDDM #Firefox #FreeBSD #Foundation
Edited 339d ago
After maybe a decade of "pkgbase", I doubt that the official new phrase "freebsd-base" will catch on and become more popular.
It's five syllables, plus a hyphen, which breaks tagging in (at least) Mastodon.
freebsd-base: major upgrades: pkg-static: no trusted certificates
https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1pdsyfo/freebsdbase_major_upgrades_pkgstatic_no_trusted/
I have checksum mismatches for a file from a UK mirror, <http://ftp.uk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/>.
Mismatches for the same file when downloaded from <https://download.freebsd.org/>.
Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!
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My relay at https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com has currently 139 instances connected, mostly tech related sharing the same mindset and interests like #Linux, #BSD, #Ansible, #Proxmox, #Coding, and many more! You can easily join from your instance when using #Pleroma, #snac (#snac2), #Mastodon and its forks 🙂
#fedi #fediworld #fedicommunity #community #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #homelab #Python #Debian #RockyLinux #Feditips
Ciao, FediMeteo!
In the past few days FediMeteo seemed to be having some performance trouble. I dug into it and only found minor issues, until I realised the VM itself had fallen off a cliff. After several reboots it became clear that both bandwidth and I/O latency had dropped to absurd levels. I suspect the provider slapped a cap on it.
So I took the chance to move everything to another VM and provider, still at 4 euro per month. And starting today, forecasts will be delivered straight from Italy. The performance jump feels like going from a storm to clear skies.
FediMeteo’s mission goes on. More countries are coming (stay tuned!) and we will keep aiming to serve everything from a 4 euro VM. I do have powerful hardware available, but proving that the project can run on tiny resources is still part of the mission.
#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoServices #VM #RunBSD #FreeBSD
In the past few days FediMeteo seemed to be having some performance trouble. I dug into it and only found minor issues, until I realised the VM itself had fallen off a cliff. After several reboots it became clear that both bandwidth and I/O latency had dropped to absurd levels. I suspect the provider slapped a cap on it.
So I took the chance to move everything to another VM and provider, still at 4 euro per month. And starting today, forecasts will be delivered straight from Italy. The performance jump feels like going from a storm to clear skies.
FediMeteo’s mission goes on. More countries are coming (stay tuned!) and we will keep aiming to serve everything from a 4 euro VM. I do have powerful hardware available, but proving that the project can run on tiny resources is still part of the mission.
#FediMeteo #FediMeteoAnnouncements #FediMeteoServices #VM #RunBSD #FreeBSD
Tip for those who cannot get MTP working with their LNX or BSD computo - you can connect to android mobilek in unix-y way.
1. Install https://f-droid.org/packages/org.primftpd/ on your android mobilek.
2. Run s-/ftp server on your mobilek.
3. Connect from computo to mobilek by ftp or sftp command.
4. No root needed.
Works for me on OpenBSD. You can also use KDE Connect.
#OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD
1. Install https://f-droid.org/packages/org.primftpd/ on your android mobilek.
2. Run s-/ftp server on your mobilek.
3. Connect from computo to mobilek by ftp or sftp command.
4. No root needed.
Works for me on OpenBSD. You can also use KDE Connect.
#OpenBSD #NetBSD #FreeBSD