Hi, are there any plans to do images that support the hdmi output ? what about analog sound vs the hdmi? can the images be taken to the gui stage , ie xbmc or any other multimedia screen ?
Sami On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Stefan Esser <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 09.11.2012 05:44, schrieb Tim Kientzle: > >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim Kientzle <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> WARNING: This is still highly experimental and by no > >> means ready for "production use", ... > >> > >> To boot FreeBSD on your RaspberryPi, you'll need: > >> 1) A RaspberryPi. > >> 2) A serial cable similar to this one: www.adafruit.com/products/954 > > > > > > On Nov 8, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Sami Halabi wrote: > >> > >> why the console cable is needed ? > >> > > As far as I can tell, the code in FreeBSD-CURRENT > > does not yet support the video out. So you need > > a serial console cable to interact with it. > > All it takes to get the framebuffer working is that the hash chars are > removed. I.e. the following works: > > device sc > device kbdmux > options SC_DFLT_FONT # compile font in > makeoptions SC_DFLT_FONT=cp437 > > > You might be able to interact via SSH but > > that requires a little bit more setup (a root > > password needs to be set and you need to > > edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config to allow root logins). > > I used SSH, and the framebuffer helps to see how far the boot process > has come. It takes about 60 seconds to generate the SSH host keys, for > example. > > [The following points are not specific to the R-PI, and I'm sure you > know them, but I list them for others that may want to use their R-PI > without serial console.] > > In order to use SSH I modified sshd_config to accept direct root logins. > The root password must be set (best method: "vipw -d /mnt/etc", else > you must remember to invoke "pwd_mkdb -d /mnt/etc" when you are done). > > The host name and IP address should be set in rc.conf (or assigned via > DHCP). > > If you do not want to enable direct root login, then a non-privileged > account in group wheel is required to be able to "su" to root. > > That's all I remember ... > > I used the build script from "http://kernelnomicon.org/?p=164"; with > one slight modification (tar -x ... --no-same-owner ...). > > My R-PI kernel contains MSDOSFS and NFS client support to allow it > to mount its boot partition and NFS exported /usr/src, /usr/obj, > /usr/ports and /usr/work (where I build ports). Most of them are > R/O mounts. I have not tried to build world on the R-PI (cross > building is so much faster ...). But ports can be build, if a swap > partition is available (e.g. on SD card or via NFS - I did not try > to mount a USB stick, but that might be another option). > > Regards, STefan > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > -- Sami Halabi Information Systems Engineer NMS Projects Expert FreeBSD SysAdmin Expert _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
