commit 124fd175a5a26aadc0e17bc8a4a3fdc58518255f
parent fc8130df3aa3dfb69b5b9a94cd5325bad489c34b
Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 13:14:10 -0700
FreeBSD: move X keyboard to Xorg section
Also minor cleanup on the Xorg section in general.
Diffstat:
| M | freebsd_install.md | | | 70 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- |
1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/freebsd_install.md b/freebsd_install.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Once these steps are done, select the option to drop into a console
session to complete a few additional steps.
-### Set the keyboard layout
+### Set the console keyboard layout
The console keyboard layout can be temporarily changed using the
`kbdcontrol` command:
@@ -48,16 +48,6 @@ For US keyboard layout with Caps Lock as Control, use `us.ctrl` for a
Japanese keyboard with Caps Lock as Control, use `jp.capsctrl`. You can
find all layouts in the `/usr/share/vt/keymaps` directory.
-In XWindows, the keyboard can be set using `setxkbmap`:
-
- setxkbmap jp
-
-It can be permanently set by adding the above line to `.xinitrc`.
-
-To map Caps Lock into a control key:
-
- setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
-
### Configure the hostname
@@ -311,15 +301,17 @@ Log in as user again:
Configure XWindows
------------------
+### Install Xorg, WM, and apps
+
Install XWindows:
sudo install xorg
-Install with the i3 window manager and compton compositor:
+Install the i3 window manager compositor:
sudo install i3 i3status i3lock dmenu xautolock
-Optionally install compton compositor:
+Optionally, install compton compositor:
sudo install compton
@@ -331,6 +323,25 @@ Install flameshot screenshotting tool:
sudo install flameshot
+Install fonts:
+
+ sudo pkg install webfonts
+ sudo pkg install twemoji-color-font-ttf
+ sudo pkg install noto-basic
+ sudo pkg install noto-jp
+ sudo pkg install ja-font-ipa ja-font-ipa-uigothic ja-font-ipaex
+
+Then refresh the font cache:
+
+ fc-cache -f
+
+Install Firefox web browser:
+
+ sudo pkg install firefox
+
+
+### Configure X
+
Add the following line to `/etc/rc.conf`:
dbus_enable="YES"
@@ -352,6 +363,22 @@ In some instances, this seems to result in a kernel panic. If that
happens, install DRM from the `graphics/drm-kmod` port in the ports
tree.
+
+### Configure keyboard layout
+
+In XWindows, the keyboard can be set using `setxkbmap`:
+
+ setxkbmap jp
+
+It can be permanently set by adding the above line to `.xinitrc`.
+
+To map Caps Lock into a control key:
+
+ setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps
+
+
+### Configure mouse
+
To configure natural scrolling, create the file
`/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/mouse.conf` with the following contents:
@@ -364,20 +391,8 @@ To configure natural scrolling, create the file
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
-Install fonts:
-
- sudo pkg install webfonts
- sudo pkg install noto-basic
- sudo pkg install noto-jp
- sudo pkg install ja-font-ipa ja-font-ipa-uigothic ja-font-ipaex
-Then refresh the font cache:
-
- fc-cache -f
-
-Install Firefox:
-
- sudo pkg install firefox
+### Reboot
Reboot the system and attempt to run `startx`.
@@ -411,7 +426,8 @@ add *Japanese* and *Mozc*. Remove US keyboard if present (unless you're
using a US keyboard). Note that when you do this step, dbus will need to
be running; this involves either a reboot after the XWindows config
steps above or manually starting it via `service dbus start` before
-running `startx`.
+running `startx`. For reference, ibus stores its config in binary format
+using `dconf`. The config can be found in `~/.config/dconf/user`.
### Virtual console
