Desktop Environment : KDE Desktop2024/01/23

	If you need desktop environment because the application you want to use requires GUI, you can install it as follows.
[1]	Install KDE Desktop Environment on this example.

root@dlp:~ #

pkg install -y xorg kde5 sddm

# mout /proc

root@dlp:~ #

vi /etc/fstab

# add to last line

# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/gpt/efiboot0               /boot/efi       msdosfs rw              2       2
/dev/vtbd0p3            none    swap    sw              0       0
proc                    /proc   procfs  rw              0       0

root@dlp:~ #

mount /proc

root@dlp:~ #

sysrc dbus_enable="YES"

root@dlp:~ #

service dbus start

Starting dbus.

# * if the graphics card is not automatically recognized and the desktop is not displayed,
# set the generic scfb driver as follows

root@dlp:~ #

vi /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/driver.conf

# create new

Section "Device"
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver     "scfb"
EndSection

# * if you are using FreeBSD in a virtual machine and the mouse does not work,
install and configure additional drivers

root@dlp:~ #

pkg install -y utouch-kmod xf86-input-evdev

root@dlp:~ #

kldload /boot/modules/utouch.ko

root@dlp:~ #

kldstat | grep utouch

10    1 0xffffffff8320f000     22e0 utouch.ko

root@dlp:~ #

echo 'utouch_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf

[2]	To start the desktop from text login, log in again from the console as any user and run as follows.

serverworld@dlp:~ $

echo "exec ck-launch-session startplasma-x11" > ~/.xinitrc

serverworld@dlp:~ $

startx

[3]	If you change your system to use graphical login, configure your display manager to start at system startup as follows. After rebooting, graphical login screen will be displayed and you can log in with any user registered in the system.

root@dlp:~ #

sysrc sddm_enable="YES"

root@dlp:~ #

reboot

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