openbsd

Resisting the urge to show Beastie the door and move Puffy in on my ThinkPad P14s Gen 1 AMD.
Why would I want to do this when I have #OpenBSD running on my Dell tower ? I need help for sure to silence those voices. 🙄

Daily Driving #OpenBSD by Antony FB ( @afb )

https://antonyfb.com/blog/daily-driving-openbsd.html

I am once again requesting that anyone who has personally witnessed #openbsd boot on an RK3588-equipped MNT Reform laptop come forward

Do you like #OpenBSD 7.7 artwork? Do you enjoy @prahou art?

You can now buy OpenBSD wearable featuring his art

https://openbsd.creator-spring.com/

Well now it seems #OpenBSD has me beat when trying to wipe and setup a new USB memory stick.
I have never had issues under FreeBSD or Linux before but this is either me being extremely thick or ??

justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas fdisk -iy sd2
Writing MBR at offset 0.
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel -E sd2
Label editor (enter '?' for help at any prompt)
sd2> p
OpenBSD area: 64-15728640; size: 15728576; free: 15728576
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
c: 15728640 0 unused
sd2> a
partition to add: [a]
offset: [64]
size: [15728576]
FS type: [4.2BSD] ext2fs
sd2*> q
Write new label?: [y] y
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ ^Cas disklabel -E sd2
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas disklabel sd2
# /dev/rsd2c:
type: SCSI
disk: SCSI disk
label: Flash Disk
duid: 507add78df02fecc
flags:
bytes/sector: 512
sectors/track: 63
tracks/cylinder: 255
sectors/cylinder: 16065
cylinders: 979
total sectors: 15728640
boundstart: 64
boundend: 15728640

16 partitions:
# size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg]
a: 15728576 64 ext2fs
c: 15728640 0 unused
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/rsd2a
/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096
using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.
^C
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs /dev/sd2a
newfs_ext2fs: /dev/sd2a: block device
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs sd2a
/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096
using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.
^C
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $
justine@openbsd-desktop ~ $ doas newfs_ext2fs -I sd2a
/dev/rsd2a: 7679.9MB (15728576 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 4096
using 60 block groups of 128.0MB, 32768 blks, 16384 inodes.

I used dd to wipe the USB then checked it was wiped. Then did the above and it all seems ok as per folk on the web and OpenBSD docs but newfs_extfs just sits there doing nothing.

Anyone help or have a simple idiot sheet of what to do from wiping the USB memory stick to setting up an ext2 partition and formatting it. Mounting it will be the easy part.

Back home from work and my #OpenBSD destktop is now reporting 7.8-current so I can drop the -Dsnap from pkg commands.

kern.version=OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #55: Fri Oct 17 11:14:21 MDT 2025
deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP

Wink and wave from #GoToSocial 0.20.1 running on #OpenBSD #7.7. Duplicate posts in timeline should now be solved.

Once #OpenBSD 7.8 is released I'll more than likely install it onto my ThinkPad and then switch to current. As I get older I've come to realise that it's not always about the latest and greatest. Just use what you feel comfortable with and what suits your needs.

New #ThinkPad #OpenBSD boot logo and I've not installed yet as not committed to installing OpenBSD yet. But what do you think ???

OMG How did that happen ? Not a great photo from my old FP4. Also I've not yet installed #OpenBSD on this AMD P14s Gen 1. She's still running #FreeBSD at the moment.

Are you in #tech and running your own #Fediverse instance? You might want to join an Activity Pub relay instance!

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

This looks handy for when I install #OpenBSD 7.8 Current onto my #ThinkPad P14s Gen 1 AMD.

amd64:
Fix processing of GPIO events for pin numbers less than 256 with an _EVT method. Fixes power button on various ThinkPads with AMD CPUs.

#openBSD 7.8 Released.

https://www.openbsd.org/index.html

Anybody running #OpenBSD with i226V 2.5Gb nics successfully ???

Please boost <3

So I found the answer here and according to the blog it's a YES ! - https://www.rsadowski.de/posts/2025/aoostar-gem12-pro-max-openbsd/#the-top

The new @BoxyBSD platform gained some new features for a better #BSD experience!

* The new portal now also finally supports VNC access to your BSD based VPS instances!

* You can finally select ISO files which offers you even to install any BSD or #OpenSolaris version from scratch or to install your VPS instance based on your personal needs without relying on a ready2use image. More images can be added upon request quickly. Simply get in touch with @gyptazy

* You can now get up to 2 free VPS instances to test and evaluate HA setups, multi-region setups etc.

* Extended DN42 peering (where you can also use your DN42 IPv4 addresses)

This is created by @gyptazy and if you're interested into more information, just come to the FOSDEM 2026 for a chat!

#FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #SmolBSD #MidnightBSD #DragonflyBSD #RUNBSD #FreeVPS #Hosting #IPv6 #DN42 #community #opensource #fosdem

I've still got 9 days holiday to take or lose them. So next week It's going to be me and #OpenBSD . Yeah that's right I really know how to chill and that'll leave me 4 days left.

rio-like configuration for base openbsd fvwm2

https://nein.triapul.cz/technology/openbsd/fvwm/

#rio #fvwm #plan9 #openbsd #fishlinux #serpico

#OpenBSD folk that use Xterm I have a strange problem that when i highlight text say from the output of fastfetch and then paste it I get weird extras on the end , sometimes with what looks like font names that I don't use.

I pasted my laptops model number and it showed up as this 20Y1000SUKp-_g^O^C when it should have been just what I highlighted 20Y1000SUK
This is supposed to be /usr/X11R6 when pasted shows as /usr/X11R6Lohit Tamil

My .Xresources is below.

XTerm*termName: xterm-256color
XTerm*locale: true
XTerm*highlightSelection: true
XTerm*trimSelection: true
XTerm*saveLinew: 4096
XTerm*scrollBar: false
XTerm*cursorBlink: true
XTerm.VT100.utf8: true
XTerm*allowScrollLock: true

! Xcursor theme
Xcursor.theme: Adwaita
Xcursor.size: 24

! Font
XTerm*faceName: Go Mono Nerd Font Mono
XTerm*renderFont: true
XTerm*faceSize: 10

Xft.dpi: 96

XTerm*keepClipboard: true
XTerm*selectToClipboard: true
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \n\
Ctrl Shift <KeyPress>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
Ctrl Shift <KeyPress>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)

! Clicking a line selects only from the current word forward
XTerm*cutToBeginningOfLine : false
! and dont include a trailing newline in the selection!
XTerm*cutNewline : false
! Some black magic to change what characters XTerm considers "word delimiters"
XTerm*charClass : 33:48,36-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,95:48,126:48
! Select word on two clicks
XTerm*on2Clicks : word
! Select whole line on three clicks
XTerm*on3Clicks : line
! Select whole group on four clicks
XTerm*on4Clicks: group
! Select whole page on five clicks
XTerm*on5Clicks: page

! Gruvbox theme
XTerm*background: #262626
XTerm*foreground: #ebdbb2
XTerm*color0: #262628
XTerm*color8: #928374
XTerm*color1: #CC241D
XTerm*color9: #fb4934
XTerm*color2: #98971a
XTerm*color10: #b8bb26
XTerm*color3: #FF8F15
XTerm*color11: #FFAF00
XTerm*color4: #458588
XTerm*color12: #83a598
XTerm*color5: #b16286
XTerm*color13: #d3869b
XTerm*color6: #689d6a
XTerm*color14: #8ec07c
XTerm*color7: #a89984
XTerm*color15: #ebdbb2

It is really time to ditch Linux...

phoronix.com/forums/forum/phor…

When Attila joins Gengis Khan... 😖

I am desperate for having to time to ditch #Linux at least on my personal computers... 😭

#runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #nebsd #dragonflybsd

A question for those who run #OpenBSD servers in their #HomeLab . How many services do you serve on one physical server and what ?

Any recommendations for a pcie raid 1 card that has minimum two 6Gb sata ports not sas and it has to be #OpenBSD compatible ?
Bonus if it allows hot swapping too.

Still trawling through eBay to find a sas/sata raid card in pcie format that i could use on #OpenBSD with 2 x sata ssd drives ?
I'm thinking of turning the Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower into a server for things like web, cgit/git, syncthing and radicale plus possibly my snac instance ? It has 32Gb ram plus a 1Tb nvme which would house the os and the raid would be for data. Tell me I'm mad. 🙄
Help !
#HomeLab

The slides, the video, and the text behind my presentation at EuroBSDCon 2024 - 'Why and how we're migrating many of our servers from Linux to the BSDs.'

https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/03/i-solve-problems-eurobsdcon/

#ITNotes #FreeBSD #OpenBSD #NetBSD #RunBSD #IT #SysAdmin #EuroBSDCon #EBC24 #EuroBSDCon24 #EuroBSDCon2024 #NoteHUB

Made another friend today. Hand building is fun! Hope it dries ok. Maybe a little thick in spots and spikes.#pottery #openbsd

Ready for the conference!

#BSDCan #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #RunBSD