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| [[Category: Development Team Research Pages]][[Category: Johann's Research Pages]]
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| == Putting FreeBSD onto my EeePC ==
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| OK, finally get around to it. First read John's info on the wiki: http://wiki.meraka.csir.co.za/wiki/index.php/Category:ASUS_eeePC
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| Then copy John's FreeBSD EeePC distribution (img.tgz) to my PC. Follow Werner's instructions to get the distro on USB memory stick
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| fdisk -I da0
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| fdisk -B da0
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| bsdlabel -w da0s1 auto
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| bsdlabel -B da0s1
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| newfs /dev/da0s1a
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| mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt
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| tar -xvf img.tgz -C /mnt/
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| echo /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > /mnt/etc/fstab
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| echo ifconfig_DEFAULT=DHCP > /mnt/etc/rc.conf
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| echo hostname=demo >> /mnt/etc/rc.conf
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| umount /mnt
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| Plug into USB port on EeePC. Select boot form USB (Press ESC at bootup to get menu) Boot FreeBSD Dump WinXP image on a USB disk
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| dd if=/dev/ad2 of=/dev/da2 bs=4k
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| Follow instructions above to get FreeBSD on ad2
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| fdisk -I ad2
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| fdisk -B ad2
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| bsdlabel -w ad2s1 auto
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| bsdlabel -B ad2s1
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| newfs -U /dev/ad2s1a
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| mount /dev/ad2s1a /mnt
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| tar -cf - --exclude /mnt / | tar -xvpf - -C /mnt
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| echo /dev/ad2s1a / ufs rw 1 1 > /mnt/etc/fstab
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| Enable ipv6, ssh and moused in /etc/rc.conf
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| ipv6_enable="YES"
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| sshd_enable="YES"
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| moused_enable="YES"
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| Shutdown and reboot.
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| Install Xorg and KDE
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| setenv PACKAGEROOT ftp://ftp2.za.freebsd.org
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| pkg_add -r xorg
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| pkg_add -r kde-lite
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| Enable and test sound. Add the following line in /boot/loader.conf
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| snd_hda_load="YES"
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| Search for app that can show the battery status in X. Install and test desktopbsd-tools. Battery status works. Test wifi install gui. Not impressed, it only supports WEP
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| pkg_add -r desktopbsd-tools
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| Battery status works. Test wifi install gui. Not impressed, it only supports WEP. Delete package and search for other battery apps. See that KDE has a package that can show battery status. Install klaptopdaemon.
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| pkg_add -r kdeutils-klaptopdaemon
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| Battle to get it to work. Eventually find out that you have to load AMP (advanced power management). Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following lines.
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| amp_enable="YES"
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| ampd_enable="YES"
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| Shutdown and reboot
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| Login and start KDE. Enable battery monitor under kde "Start" "Settings" "Power control" "Laptop Battery". Yes, I get a new battery icon. Remove power and test it. Battery shows power, but reporting of "time left" is broken.
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| Enable power manager to preserve power while running on battery. Add following to rc.conf
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| powerd_enable="YES"
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| and lower CPU speed. Add the following to /etc/sysctl.conf
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| dev.cpu.0.cx_lowest=C3
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| Try to get dstumbler to work so that we can use the EeePC as a wireless measurement PC. Install BSD-airtools (dstumbler part of it), but it looks like the package is broken. Search for other packages that we can use, but I can't find anything. Start looking at what command line stats available.
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| Try to enable virtual screen resolution in Xorg. Add the following in the Screen section of xorg.conf
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| SubSection "Display"
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| Viewport 0 0
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| Depth 24
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| Virtual 1200 720
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| EndSubSection
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| Restart X, but it doesn't work. Do a lot of reading and playing, but I cannot get it to work.
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