Hello. Still learning ZFS greek jargon. So will there be a way to have ZFS deduplication turned off as an option when installing GhostBSD? Is it possible for there to be the an option between this feature turned off and on?

Is it possible to do that with he GUI installer? If not, is it possible to disable snapshots permanently after installation?

I mean technically what is the completely different, or GhostBSD is mostly gives only ease of installation and configuration? If I configure FreeBSD enough it will be the same?

 Hi everyone, im trying to setup my wireless connection on a HP laptop shipping a Realtek 8821ce card. I followed the steps suggested somewhere in the forum, and indeed the available wireless networks started to show up. However, when I select my network and input my woa2 passkey, network manager returns an "authentication failed" message, though I'm absolutely certain that the passkey is right.

Most of us are not active on Reddit. You should use https://forums.ghostbsd.org to get help.

I only use Reddit for announcements.

On my computer I have a pair of 2 TB hard drives, a 1 TB Nvme with Ghost BSD and a 2 TB Nvme with Linux mint, BSD is ZFS and all other drives are EXT4.

I can't see the 2 TB Nvme, it is not listed in BSD, all other drives are, how do I: A)see the Linux drive and B)read/write all ext4 drives from BSD.

Trust me, I haven't got a clue.

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The GhostBSD forums have moved to Flarum, a modern and lightweight platform designed to improve your experience.

Why the change?
• Easier maintenance with fewer outdated extensions
• Modern, responsive design for all devices
• A fresh start to focus on current discussions

The old forum remains accessible as an archive here: https://old-forums.ghostbsd.org.

Join the conversation at our new home: https://forums.ghostbsd.org.

See more details here: https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/new_forum_platform

On a current version of GhostBSD

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OS: GhostBSD 24.10.1 amd64

/- _ `-/ ' Kernel: 14.1-STABLE

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Trying to build bhyvemgr. I installed the GhostBSD ports with

doas git clone https://github.com/ghostbsd/ghostbsd-ports

but when I try to build, this happens:

[xxx /usr/ports/sysutils/bhyvemgr]$ sudo make install

make: "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" line 1177: Unable to determine OS version. Either define OSVERSION, install /usr/include/sys/param.h or define SRC_BASE.

make: stopped in /usr/ports/sysutils/bhyvemgr

But OSVERSION is set to 14.1:

[xxx /usr/ports/sysutils/bhyvemgr]$ echo $OSVERSION

14.1

on an unrelated topic, why does doas not give me the same result?

[xxx /usr/ports/sysutils/bhyvemgr]$ doas make install

make: "/usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk" line 1206: UNAME_r (14.1-STABLE) and OSVERSION (14.1) do not agree on major version number.

make: stopped in /usr/ports/sysutils/bhyvemgr

What should I correct to get bhyvemgr to build?

Thank you.

This weekend, we will be performing updates on our main server and all associated jails. During this time, several services—including the GhostBSD Forum, Website, Old Wiki, and Jenkins—may experience intermittent downtime.

Hello. I am Linux user who since my Windows days has been fascinated with BSD. I planned on installing GhostBSD in the near future but hearing that UFS was not going to be an option in the installer was not a good suprise for me.

Would there be still a way to easily set up UFS during the install of GhostBSD? I would like to install GhostBSD with as minimal pain as installing Void Linux using void-installer (installing from the XFCE ISO) or installing Linux Mint.

Just wasted about ten hours trying to get the WINE pkg32.sh to run, with the error message GhostBSD-base repo could not be updated.

The problem is in the US repo - it doesn't have all the packages as in Europe. I switched to the French repo and t all runs.

Here is a link to the how-to: https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=2540

There - I've paid some back for all the lurking and leeching.

This release brings system updates from FreeBSD, better hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs, and fixes for Legacy BIOS live session issues.

📥 Download: https://www.ghostbsd.org/download
📋 Full details: https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_24.10.1_Is_Now_Available

#GhostBSD #FreeBSD #Release

I've recently installed a fresh copy of Ghostbsd Mate Desktop based on freebsd 14.1 and I can't make the sound to work

How easy is it to connect an Xbox controller via Bluetooth or if it’s even possible?

Thanks

i installed ghost bsd on a 64gb penDrive. available wifi networks are showing. but it is not getting connected with the selected network even after entering the password.

Also brightness applet is not working

Hello,

I've been wanting to try GhostBSD on my PC for a while, I have Linux on one hard drive and W11 on another hard drive, I have a third SSD that I want to install BSD on but it gives me a UEFI error, I'm thinking about putting it in my PC machine and buy a Rasperry or a portable Laptop to install it.

Where is it most feasible to install. Rasperry or a Laptop?

Thank you so much!

Found an old Dell Optiplex 780, 250GB spindisk, Core2Duo, 6GB of DDR2. Boots nicely from usb with GhostBSD. Installation stops after partitioning. Can click "next" but it doesnt proceed.

Console shows "index list out of range". ZFS shows it did the partions. (last errror I can see there)

Searching online indicated UEFI/legacy-mode could be the issue but this machine doenst support UEFI.

For my own amusement i tried install so im not here sweating =)

And very new to BSD and GhostBSD so apologies for vague symptoms etc =)

edit If i did it manually, it proceeded fine so Im not gonna investigate more for the time being. Got to work also =)

On OpenBSD i needed to install the firmware for my Intel Card since its not included out of the box because of contractual and licensing Issues. This also explains why my go at FreeBSD went sour, i had missing firmware firmware. I read iwmfw but now am confused does it mean the firmware for my card is included already and i have to compile it into the kernel or load it as an Module or will doing that download it first and then work? Help i wish "fw_update iwm" would be valid on FreeBSD.

This release brings critical fixes and improvements, including setting vital packages, adding hgame to kld_list, and resolving the legacy boot issue that prevented live session startup. We’ve also ensured /etc/X11 is properly created during setup.

For more details, visit https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD_24.07.3_Is_Now_Available.

I revisited my VM's GhostBSD w/ Cinnamon DE to see how it behaves after the 24.07.2 update.

• the continual entries in ~/.xsession-errors are no longer present
• CinnStarkVII menu still not displaying, but the default menu still works.
• this old post from 2015 (https://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?t=345) pointed out that System Info app does not work here (but now instead of an empty window, the window does not appear).

24.07.2 - Cinnamon DE - Cinnamox Heather (custom) - FastFetch - Starship (custom) - Conky Minimalis (custom)

SOLVED: I had missing Firmware because Intel are bitches that want distributions of their Firmware to suck their dicks. Now having to Install the Firmware.

I think that maybe wlan0 doesnt have DHCP and WPA on and i would have to edit rc.conf and wpa_supplicant.conf but i am afraid that i break something ? What do you guys think? In boot i saw default routing failing or something. Some output of netif

DHCPREQUEST on ueO to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPREQUEST on ue0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 DHCPACK from 192.168.128.28 bound to 192.168.128.19 -- renewal in 1799 seconds. Starting wpa_supplicant Starting dhclient wlano: no link .............. giving up /etc/rc.d/dhclient: WARNING: failed to start dhclient Starting Network: lo0 ue0 wlano. 1o0: flags=1008049<UP.LOOPBACK.RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP> metric 0 mtu 16384 options=680003<RXCSUM.TXCSUM,LINKSTATE,RXCSUM_IPV6.TXCSUM_IPV6> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask Oxff000000 inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 I inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid Ox1 groups: lo nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL> ue0: flags=8843<UP ,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500 options=0 ether 22:64:26:f6:67:0a inet 192,168,128,19 netmask Oxffffff00 broadcast 192.168.128.255 nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED.AUTO_LINKLOCAL> wlan0: flags=8843<UP, BROADCAST ,RUNNING, SIMPLEX.MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500

I installed GhostBSD to my Lenovo Thinkpad X230 last weekend and am enjoying the experience so far. I'd been playing around with FreeBSD on a VM Virtualbox installation for the last three or four years with no success in getting a desktop environment installed to it, so the painless intall of GhostBSD was a godsend. I've now decided to move one step on from the VM Virtualbox installation to a proper installtion on the Thinkpad X230's SSD drive.

With regard to wifi, I have a Intel Centrino Ultimate N-6300 PCI card in my Thinkpad, and although GhostBSD allowed me to connect to the 2.4GHz AP on my home wifi router without any fiddling about, I am unable to see the 5GHz AP on the home router, or tether the laptop to my iphone (5GHz or 2.4GHz) or my Huawei mobile wifi modem (5GHz or 2.4GHz).

Could someone on this forum give me pointers on whether there is anything I can do to get the wifi to work as expected?

Fyi, I usually run an Ubuntu Linux based FerenOS on the same laptop, and have no issues connecting to either 2.4GHz or 5GHz access points either at home or out and about with my iPhone tethering or the Huawei wifi modem. So I am figuring that I might get this working if there is a suitable driver that I can install to my GhostBSD 24.7.1 (with FreeBSD 14.1-Stable under the hood), I might get this to work as I'd expect. Thanks for your help!

This release marks our shift from building OS packages via GhostBSD ports to FreeBSD PKGBSD, enhancing performance and stability. If you haven’t updated to 24.04.2, we recommend backing up and reinstalling with 24.07.1 to avoid potential issues due to this significant change.

24.07.1 also includes an OS update to 14.1-STABLE, software updates, minor NetworkMGR improvements, and two OpenSSH security fixes. For more details, check out the full announcement https://www.ghostbsd.org/news/GhostBSD\_24.07.1\_Is\_Now\_Available.

Thank you for your support!

If you still need to upgrade to 24.04.2, please do so before Monday. I am pushing 24.07.1 tomorrow morning. Only 24.04.2 can be updated to 24.07.1 without problems. If you are not on 24.04.2, a reinstallation is recommended.

I have a Lenovo X3550 M5 with an EMC JBOD 25-disk enclosure. I have the SAS controller card and cable already to go. I will be the only user. Would GhostBSD be a good OS to use for my situation? Or should I go with Linux? I'm familiar with both Linux and FreeBSD, moreso Linux. On the other hand, FreeBSD's new pkg manager is light years ahead in terms of speed and simplicity.

I doubt I would have my server running 24/7 unless there is a way to "wake up" the server like you could with Sun's ALOM. Especially with the noise level from the EMC.