Installing FreeBSD 9 source

Well, I need FreebSD 9 source to compile fusefs-kmod, which is required by gvfs, which’s in turn required by xfce. A lot of people recommend to use sysinstall to add the so called userland sources. sysinstall -> Configure -> Distribution -> src However, it didn’t work!! Thanks to wblock@[1] who pointed out that “sysinstall is mostly dead” and suggested a few ways to get the sources to your system. One of them is:...

July 29, 2012 · 1 min · 104 words · kenno

Change cursor theme in Xfce on Freebsd

Install the preferred cursor theme. I personally like dmz-cursor-theme. # pkg_add -r cursor-dmz-theme Then, Applications Menu -> Settings -> Mouse. Click on Theme tab, select the preferred theme and click Close. Log out of the current Xfce session, then log back in.

July 26, 2012 · 1 min · 42 words · kenno