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   2 # Anisoptera
   3 *The following is an unpaid personal wiki page. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the DragonFly BSD mascot nor its management.*
   4
   5 ## Table of Contents
   6
   7 1. **Featured**
   8
   9 * Walkthrough of Xfce 4.6 Installation via Custom DVD/IMG Installer
  10
  11 2. **Tidbits**
  12
  13 * Hammer
  14 * DragonFly BSD
  15 * Xfce
  16 * Dissonance/Apache Harmony
  17 * Jython/Python
  18 * ee/nano
  19 * pkgin/apt-get
  20
  21 3. **Reminders**
  22
  23 * DNS Settings in Debian Squeeze
  24 * Shutdown command in DragonFly BSD
  25
  26 4. **Issues**
  27
  28 * Disclaimer
  29 * Default GUI Too Bare
  30 * Early Keyboard Selection
  31 * GUI Keyboard Selection
  32 * Encryption Keyboard Selection
  33 * Disabled Caps Lock in GUI
  34 * Random Key for Encrypted Swap
  35 * Stay Decrypted for  Configuration
  36 * No Confirmation for Decryption
  37 * Plain Text Password in Install Log
  38 * USB Installation Media Named Uniquely
  39 * 3TB+ HD Install
  40 * Overwrite 3TB+ Partition Table
  41 * Lackluster Default Shell
  42 * Wiki Centered Text
  43 * XOrg Quit Errors
  44
  45 5. **Workarounds**
  46
  47 * Enable Caps Lock in GUI
  48 * Install Non-GUI on 3TB+ Hard Drive
  49 * Install Xfce 4.6 (Notes)
  50 * Install Xfce 4.8 (Stub)
  51 * Install Xfce 4.10 (Stub)
  52 * Set GUI Keyboard Layout
  53
  54 5. **Raw**
  55
  56 * ToDo
  57
  58 ## Featured
  59
  60 **Walkthrough of Xfce 4.6 Installation via Custom DVD/IMG Installer**
  61
  62 There is a new [Xfce based DVD/IMG installer](http://island.quantumachine.net/~swildner/LiveDVD/x86_64/) which is built by [one of](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2012-07/msg00123.html) the [DragonFly BSD team members](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/team/). As far as I can tell it is functionally identical to the official GUI installer except that it includes the Xfce 4.6 desktop environment rather than the FVWM window manager. Please help test it out so that we can hopefully get it included in the next stable release!
  63
  64 1. Download and extract the [Xfce installer](http://island.quantumachine.net/~swildner/LiveDVD/).
  65 2. If the version of the installer is less than or equal to 20120826-2055, then installing onto a uniprocessor computer may not work.
  66 3. If installng onto a VirtualBox virtual machine, the recommended operating system type is FreeBSD (64 bit).
  67 4. If installing onto a VirtualBox virtual machine, set the hardware clock to UTC time.
  68 5. After starting the computer but before it finishes booting, you will be greeted with the following boot menu.
  69
  70
  71         DragonFly/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1
  72         (s@advancer.yo, Sun Aug 26 21:24:11 CEST 2012)
  73                                                    |
  74         1. Boot DragonFly [kernel]                 |   ,--,           |           ,--,
  75         2. Boot DragonFly in Safe Mode             |   |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |
  76         3. Boot DragonFly without AHCI driver      |    `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'
  77         4. Boot DragonFly without ACPI driver      |      `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'
  78         9. Escape to loader prompt (also ESC)      |         `------(   )------'
  79         s. Boot DragonFly in single user mode      |     ,----------(   )----------,
  80         v. Boot DragonFly with verbose logging     |    |        _,-(   )-,_        |
  81         R. Reboot                                  |     `-,__,-'   \   /   `-,__,-'
  82                                                    |                 | |
  83                                                    |                 | |
  84                                                    |                 | |
  85                                                    |                 | |
  86                                                    |                 | |
  87                                                    |                 | |
  88                                                    |                 `|'
  89                                                    |
  90         Booting in 10 seconds... _
  91
  92 6. After the computer finishes booting, you will be greeted with the following welcome message and login prompt.
  93
  94         Welcome to DragonFly!
  95
  96         To Start the installer, login as 'installer'.  To just get a shell prompt,
  97         login as 'root'.  To start a root gui, login as 'root' and run 'startx'.
  98
  99         DragonFly/x86_64 (dflyd.yo) (ttyv0)
 100
 101         login: _
 102
 103 7. Type 'installer' without quotes and press enter.
 104 8. You will be greeted with the following menu.
 105
 106         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 107                                                                                        .
 108                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 109          ------------------------| Welcome to DragonFly BSD |------------------------- .
 110         |                                                                             |.
 111         | Welcome to the DragonFly BSD Live CD.                                       |.
 112         |                                                                             |.
 113         | DragonFly BSD is an efficient and elegant BSD Unix-derived operating        |.
 114         | system.  For more information, see http://www.dragonflybsd.org              |.
 115         |                                                                             |.
 116         | From this CD, you can boot into DragonFly BSD ``live'' (without installing  |.
 117         | it) to evaluate it, to install it manually, or to troubleshoot problems     |.
 118         | with an existing installation, using either a command prompt or menu-driven |.
 119         | utilities.                                                                  |.
 120         |                                                                             |.
 121         | Also, you can use this automated application to assist you in installing    |.
 122         | DragonFly BSD on this computer and configuring it once it is installed.     |.
 123         |                                                                             |.
 124         |        < Install DragonFly BSD >_ < Configure an Installed System >         |.
 125         |    < Live CD Utilities >  < Exit to Live CD >  < Reboot this Computer >     |.
 126         |                     < Setup NetBoot Install Services >                      |.
 127          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- .
 128                                                                                        .
 129                                                                                        .
 130         Install DragonFly BSD on a HDD or HDD partition on this computer               .
 131
 132 10. The bottom line changes depending on which option is selected.
 133 11. Highlight the option < Install DragonFly BSD > and press enter.
 134 12. You will then be greeted by the following menu.
 135
 136         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 137                                                                                        .
 138                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 139                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 140                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 141          --------------------------| Begin Installation |----------------------------- .
 142         |                                                                             |.
 143         | This application will install DragonFly BSD on one of the hard disk drives  |.
 144         | attached to this computer. It has been designed to make it easy to install  |.
 145         | DragonFly BSD in the typical case. If you have special requirements that    |.
 146         | are not addressed by this installer, or if you have problems using it, you  |.
 147         | are welcome to install DragonFly BSD manually. To do so select Exit to Live |.
 148         | CD, login as root, and follow the instructions given in the file /README .  |.
 149         |                                                                             |.
 150         | NOTE! As with any installation process, YOU ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO BACK |.
 151         | UP ANY IMPORTANT DATA ON THIS COMPUTER BEFORE PROCEEDING!                   |.
 152         |                                                                             |.
 153         | < Install DragonFly BSD >_ < Return to Welcome Menu >  < Exit to Live CD >  |.
 154          ----------------------------| Press F1 for Help |---------------------------- .
 155                                                                                        .
 156                                                                                        .
 157                                                                                        .
 158                                                                                        .
 159                                                                                        .
 160                                                                                        .
 161                                                                                        .
 162
 163 13. Highlight the option < Install DragonFly BSD > and press enter.
 164 14. The following menu, specific to your hardware, will be displayed.
 165
 166         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 167                                                                                        .
 168                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 169                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 170                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 171                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 172                                                             `------(   )------'        .
 173                                                         ,----------(   )----------,    .
 174                                                        |        _,-(   )-,_        |   .
 175                   ----------------------| Select Disk |----------------------,__,-'    .
 176                  |                                                           |         .
 177                  | Select a disk on which to install DragonFly BSD           |         .
 178                  |                                                           |         .
 179                  | < ad1: 1337TB <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> at ata0-master UDMA33 >_|         .
 180                  | < Return to Begin Installation >                          |         .
 181                   -----------------------------------------------------------          .
 182                                                                     `|'                .
 183                                                                                        .
 184                                                                                        .
 185                                                                                        .
 186                                                                                        .
 187                                                                                        .
 188                                                                                        .
 189                                                                                        .
 190                                                                                        .
 191
 192 15. Highlight the disk on which to install DragonFly BSD and press Enter.
 193 16. The following menu will be displayed.
 194
 195         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 196                                                                                        .
 197                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 198                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 199                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 200                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 201                                                             `------(   )------'        .
 202                                                         ,----------(   )----------,    .
 203                 ----------------------------| Select Disk |----------------------  |   .
 204                |                                                                 |'    .
 205                | Select how much of this disk you want to use for DragonFly BSD  |     .
 206                |                                                                 |     .
 207                | ad1: 1337TB <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> at ata0-master UDMA33           |     .
 208                |                                                                 |     .
 209                |            < Use Entire Disk >_ < Use Part of Disk >            |     .
 210                |                    < Return to Select Disk >                    |     .
 211                 -----------------------------------------------------------------      .
 212                                                                                        .
 213                                                                                        .
 214                                                                                        .
 215                                                                                        .
 216                                                                                        .
 217                                                                                        .
 218                                                                                        .
 219                                                                                        .
 220
 221 17. If you would like to use your entire disk, then highlight < Use Entire Disk > and press enter.
 222 18. The following menu will be displayed.
 223
 224         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 225                                                                                        .
 226                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 227                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 228                             ------| Are you absolutely sure? |------/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 229                            |                                        |  \,-'    ,-'     .
 230                            | WARNING! ALL data in ALL partitions on |  )------'        .
 231                            | the disk                               |  )----------,    .
 232                            |                                        |  )-,_        |   .
 233                            | ad1: 1337TB <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> at     |  /   `-,__,-'    .
 234                            | ata0-master UDMA33                     | |                .
 235                            |                                        | |                .
 236                            | will be IRREVOCABLY ERASED!            | |                .
 237                            |                                        | |                .
 238                            | Are you ABSOLUTELY SURE you wish to    | |                .
 239                            | take this action? This is your LAST    | |                .
 240                            | CHANCE to cancel!                      ||'                .
 241                            |                                        |                  .
 242                            |           < OK >_ < Cancel >           |                  .
 243                             ----------------------------------------                   .
 244                                                                                        .
 245                                                                                        .
 246                                                                                        .
 247                                                                                        .
 248                                                                                        .
 249
 250 19. If you are absolutely sure, highlight < OK > and press enter.
 251 20. The following menu will be displayed.
 252
 253         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 254                                                                                        .
 255                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 256                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 257                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 258                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 259                                                             `------(   )------'        .
 260                               ---------| Information |-------------(   )----------,    .
 261                              |                                    |(   )-,_        |   .
 262                              | The disk                           |\   /   `-,__,-'    .
 263                              |                                    | | |                .
 264                              | ad1: 1337TB <VBOX HARDDISK 1.0> at | | |                .
 265                              | ata0-master UDMA33                 | | |                .
 266                              |                                    | | |                .
 267                              | was formatted.                     | | |                .
 268                              |                                    | | |                .
 269                              |                < OK >              | `|'                .
 270                               ------------------------------------                     .
 271                                                                                        .
 272                                                                                        .
 273                                                                                        .
 274                                                                                        .
 275                                                                                        .
 276                                                                                        .
 277                                                                                        .
 278
 279 21. Press enter.
 280 22. The following menu will be displayed.
 281
 282         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 283                                                                                        .
 284                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 285                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 286                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 287                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 288                                                             `------(   )------'        .
 289                    -----------------| Select file system |------------------------,    .
 290                   |                                                         |      |   .
 291                   | Please select the file system you want to use with      |,__,-'    .
 292                   | DragonFly BSD.                                          |          .
 293                   |                                                         |          .
 294                   | HAMMER is the new DragonFly BSD file system. UFS is the |          .
 295                   | traditional BSD file system.                            |          .
 296                   |                                                         |          .
 297                   | < Use HAMMER >_ < Use UFS >  < Return to Select Disk >  |          .
 298                    ---------------------------------------------------------           .
 299                                                                                        .
 300                                                                                        .
 301                                                                                        .
 302                                                                                        .
 303                                                                                        .
 304                                                                                        .
 305                                                                                        .
 306                                                                                        .
 307
 308 23. If you want to use HAMMER, and honestly why wouldn't you, then highlight HAMMER and press enter.
 309 24. The following menu will be displayed.
 310
 311         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 312                                                                                        .
 313                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 314                --------------------| Create Subpartitions |---------------------    |  .
 315               |                                                                 | ,'   .
 316               | Set up the partitions (also knows as just `partitions' in       |'     .
 317               | BSD tradition) you want to have on this primary partition. In   |      .
 318               | most cases you should be fine with the default settings.        |-,    .
 319               |                                                                 |  |   .
 320               | For Capacity, use 'M' to indicate megabytes, 'G' to indicate    |-'    .
 321               | gigabytes, or a single '*' to indicate 'use the remaining space |      .
 322               | on the primary partition'.                                      |      .
 323               |                                                                 |      .
 324               | Mountpoint  Capacity  Encrypted                                 |      .
 325               | [/boot_   ] [768M   ] [ ]     < Ins > < Del >                   |      .
 326               | [swap     ] [2048M  ] [ ]     < Ins > < Del >                   |      .
 327               | [/        ] [*      ] [ ]     < Ins > < Del >                   |      .
 328               |                               < Add >                           |      .
 329               |                                                                 |      .
 330               |     < Accept and Create >  < Return to Select Disk >            |      .
 331                -------------------| Press F1 for Help |-------------------------       .
 332                                                                                        .
 333                                                                                        .
 334                                                                                        .
 335                                                                                        .
 336
 337 25. Highlight < Accept and Create > and press enter.
 338 26. The following menu will be displayed.
 339
 340         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 341                                                                                        .
 342                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 343                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 344                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 345                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 346                -------------------------| Install OS |--------------------------       .
 347               |                                                                 |-,    .
 348               | Everything is now ready to install the actual files which       |  |   .
 349               | comprise the DragonFly BSD operating system on the selected     |-'    .
 350               | partition of the selected disk.                                 |      .
 351               |                                                                 |      .
 352               | Note that this process will take quite a while to finish. You   |      .
 353               | may wish to take a break now and come back to the computer in a |      .
 354               | short while.                                                    |      .
 355               |                                                                 |      .
 356               | < Begin Installing Files >_ < Return to Create Subpartitions >  |      .
 357                -----------------------------------------------------------------       .
 358                                                                                        .
 359                                                                                        .
 360                                                                                        .
 361                                                                                        .
 362                                                                                        .
 363                                                                                        .
 364                                                                                        .
 365                                                                                        .
 366
 367 27. Highlight < Begin Installing Files > and press enter.
 368 28. The following progress bar will be displayed.
 369
 370         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 371                                                                                        .
 372                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 373                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 374                                                        `,    `-,   (/ \)   ,-'    ,'   .
 375                                                          `-,    `-,/   \,-'    ,-'     .
 376                                                             `------(   )------'        .
 377                                                         ,----------(   )----------,    .
 378                   -------------------| Executing Commands |-------------------     |   .
 379                  |                                                            |_,-'    .
 380                  | /bin/cpdup -o -vvv -u /usr/pkg /mnt/usr/pkg                |        .
 381                  |                                                            |        .
 382                  |          [*#################58%#                ]          |        .
 383                  |                                                            |        .
 384                  |                         < Cancel >_                        |        .
 385                   ------------------------------------------------------------         .
 386                                                                     `|'                .
 387                                                                                        .
 388                                                                                        .
 389                                                                                        .
 390                                                                                        .
 391                                                                                        .
 392                                                                                        .
 393                                                                                        .
 394                                                                                        .
 395
 396 29. Go brush your teeth. And don't forget to floss.
 397 30. When it finishes, the following menu will be displayed.
 398
 399         F10=Refresh Display                                                            .
 400                                                                                        .
 401                                                       ,--,           |           ,--,  .
 402                                                       |   `-,       ,^,       ,-'   |  .
 403                     ---------------| Install Bootblock(s) |----------------,-'    ,'   .
 404                    |                                                       |   ,-'     .
 405                    | You may now wish to install bootblocks on one or more |--'        .
 406                    | disks. If you already have a boot manager installed,  |------,    .
 407                    | you can skip this step (but you may have to configure |       |   .
 408                    | your boot manager separately.)  If you installed      |-,__,-'    .
 409                    | DragonFly BSD on a disk other than your first disk,   |           .
 410                    | you will need to put the bootblock on at least your   |           .
 411                    | first disk and the DragonFly disk.                    |           .
 412                    |                                                       |           .
 413                    | Disk Drive  Install Bootblock?  Packet Mode?          |           .
 414                    | [ad1_     ] [X]                 [X]                   |           .
 415                    |                                                       |           .
 416                    |           < Accept and Install Bootblocks >           |           .
 417                    |                  < Skip this Step >                   |           .
 418                     -----------------| Press F1 for Help |-----------------            .
 419                                                                                        .
 420                                                                                        .
 421                                                                                        .
 422                                                                                        .
 423         The disk on which you wish to install a bootblock                              .
 424
 425 31. Highlight < Accept and Install Bootblocks > and press enter.
 426 32. An Information dialog box will be displayed which says: Bootblocks were successfully installed!
 427 33. Press enter.
 428 34. The following menu will be displayed.
 429
 430          ---| DragonFly BSD is Installed! |--
 431         |
 432         | Congratulations!
 433         |
 434         | DragonFly BSD has successfully been installed on this computer.
 435         | You may now proceed to configure the installation. Alternately,
 436         | you may wish to reboot the computer and boot into the installed
 437         | system to confirm that it works.
 438         |
 439         |              < Configure this System >_ < Reboot >
 440         |                   < Return to Welcome Menu >
 441          ---
 442
 443 35. Highlight < Configure this System > and press enter.
 444 36. The following menu will be displayed.
 445
 446          ---| Configure an Installed System |--
 447         |
 448         | The options on this menu allow you to
 449         | configure a DragonFly BSD system after
 450         | it has already been installed.
 451         | < Select timezone >_
 452         | < Set date and time >
 453         | < Set keyboard map >
 454         | < Set root password >
 455         | < Add a user >
 456         | < Configure network interfaces >
 457         | < Configure hostname and domain >
 458         | < Set console font >
 459         | < Set screen map >
 460         | < Remove software packages >
 461         | < Return to Welcome Menu >
 462          ---
 463
 464 37. Highlight < Select timezone > and press enter.
 465
 466 (The only purpose of this line is to reduce the indentation of the following bullet points.)
 467
 468 * Highlight  < Set keyboard map > and press enter.
 469 * Highlight < Set root password > and press enter.
 470 * changeme
 471 * Highlight < Add a user > and press enter.
 472 * Password: changeme
 473 * Highlight < Configure network interfaces > and press enter.
 474 * Highlight < Configure hostname and domain > and press enter.
 475 * Highlight < Return to Welcome Menu > and press enter.
 476 * Highlight < Reboot this Computer > and press enter.
 477 * Highlight < Reboot > and press enter.
 478 * Remove installation media.
 479 * The operating system has halted.
 480 * Please press any key to reboot.
 481 * Log in as root.
 482 * Change password.
 483 * ee /etc/hosts
 484 * # Replace hostname and domain with the ones that you chose during configuration.
 485 * ::1       localhost hostname.domain
 486 * 127.0.0.1 localhost hostname.domain
 487 * Ctrl-[
 488 * a) leave editor
 489 * a) save changes
 490 * exit
 491 * Log in as user.
 492 * Change password.
 493 * startxfce4 (I think that running startx from the root user starts Xfce, but running it from a regular user starts the non-Xfce GUI.)
 494
 495 ## Tidbits
 496 * **Hammer** is hands down the best file system currently in existence. It has block level deduplication, it is supported out of the box by operating system with great underpinnings, and it runs great on regular hardware.
 497 * **DragonFly BSD** is an awesome operating system for many reasons other than that it's the only OS with Hammer, but Hammer is why I'm making the switch. DragonFly's default GUI configuration is a bit rough around the edges for everyday use. But it's nothing that a little ironing can't fix.
 498 * **[Xfce](http://xfce.org/)** is a lightweight yet feature rich desktop environment. It has maintains an excellent balance between [innovation and compatibility](http://lwn.net/Articles/430598/).
 499 * **[Dissonance](https://bitbucket.org/varialus/dissonance)** is my fork of Apache Harmony, which is a clean room implementation of Java with a permissive license. Sun and now Oracle refuse to license the TCK, a tool used to validate Java compatibility, for use with Harmony. As a result of the dissonance caused by this refusal to cooperate with the community, Apache retired Harmony and resigned from the Java Community Process Executive Committee. I would have preferred for Apache and the community to have instead just written their own TCK, but I don't know what effects the dissonance had on their organization and it was their decision to make, so I can't blame them. It's unfortunate that such a great project has been effectively abandoned, and so it it is with that in mind that I call on the community to support Dissonance; make your own TCK and make it so much better so as to make passing Oracle's TCK effectively meaningless.
 500 * **[Jython](http://www.jython.org/)** is Python written in Java. It's not included in DragonFly BSD by default, but it's a great tool and I use it.
 501 * **ee** is roughly equivalent to **nano**. They are both easy to use command line text editors. The exit option will ask you whether you want to save. You can get to the exit confirmation by pressing Ctrl-[ and selecting 'a) leave editor'.
 502 * **pkgin** is roughly equivalent to **apt-get**. They are both fairly straightforward command line package management utilities.
 503
 504 ## Reminders
 505 * If NetworkManager Applet is installed, use it to override an unreliable DNS server rather than editing /etc/resolv.conf directly. Observed in NetworkManager 0.8.1 on Debian Squeeze.
 506 * In DragonFly BSD the command *shutdown -p now* will shutdown and turn off your computer. Using the -h switch instead of -p will shutdown and halt the computer but not turn it off. In Debian and probably other Linux distributions, the command *shutdown -h now* will shutdown and turn off your computer. The -p switch isn't available, but there may be a way to shutdown and halt without turning off your computer.
 507
 508 ## Issues
 509 * Varialus should ensure that these issues are properly logged. Yes, I know that they should be properly logged and I intend to eventually get them all logged. In the mean time hopefully my notes will help someone still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions.
 510 * The installer should offer the Xfce desktop environment as a supported option. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2. See workaround below.
 511 * The installer should set the keyboard layout before any typing is required. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 512 * The installer should set the keyboard layout for the GUI. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2. See workaround below.
 513 * The installer should set the keyboard layout for the encryption password prompt. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 514 * The installer should configure the keyboard within the GUI to be able to use the caps lock key. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2. See workaround below.
 515 * When encrypting the swap partition, the installer should configure the boot loader to generate a random key each time the system is booted so that the password doesn't have to be typed twice when the system is booted. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 516 * When configuring the system from the installer, if the system just finished installing with encryption, the hard drive should stay unlocked so that the user doesn't have to type in his password again. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 517 * When configuring the system from the installer, if the system is encrypted but was not just barely installed, the user should only have to type in his password once, not twice. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 518 * When creating a user password in the installer, the password should not be written to a plain text installation log. Observed in DragonFly BSD 3.0.2.
 519 * When installing from a USB device onto a USB device, the installer should ensure that installed media is named such that when booted without the USB installer, the installed device name doesn't change. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 520 * When installing onto a 3TB+ hard drive, the default partition table should be able to handle that size. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2. Fixed and tested in snapshot on 8/14/2012. See workaround below.
 521 * After selecting to install using all of a 3TB+ hard drive that already has an MS-DOS/MBR partition table on it, the installer should overwrite the partition table with an adequate partition table such as GPT. Observed in snapshot on 8/14/2012.
 522 * The default shell provided by the installer should list valid auto completion options after typing a partial command and then pressing tab two or more times. Observed in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 523 * ->Excepting the bullet point, this syntax should center text in this wiki.<- Observed on 8/25/2012.
 524 * The following errors should not occur when quitting from the GUI.
 525
 526         waiting for X server to shut down xterm: fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
 527         xterm:  fatal IO error 35 (Resource temporarily unavailable) or KillClient on X server "0.0"
 528         failed to unset mtrr: Device not configured
 529
 530
 531         xauth: (argv):1:  bad display name "myhostname.mysubdomain.mytld:0" in "remove" command
 532
 533     Observed in DragonFly BSD 3.0.2 64-bit on VirtualBox 4.1.20 in Debian Squeeze.
 534
 535 ## Workarounds
 536 **Enable the Caps Lock Key within the GUI**
 537
 538 Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
 539
 540     ee /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 541
 542 Delete the ctrl:nocaps XkbOptions option from the InputDevice section with the identifier Keyboard0 of the xorg.conf file. Or comment it out by prefixing the line with the # symbol.
 543
 544     Section "InputDevice"
 545         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
 546         Driver      "kbd"
 547         #Option      "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
 548     EndSection
 549
 550 Observed in DragonFly BSD 3.0.2.
 551
 552 **Install Non-GUI on 3TB+ Hard Drive**
 553
 554 *WARNING:* This workaround includes instructions which will delete all data from a hard drive.
 555
 556 Delete the partition table from the hard drive. There are various tools with which to do this, one particularly easy to use tool is the [GParted Live CD/USB](http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php).
 557
 558 Install from a [snapshot version of DragonFly](http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/snapshots/). Be aware that snapshot versions are less thoroughly tested than stable releases.
 559
 560 Tested in snapshot on 8/14/2012.
 561
 562 **Install Xfce 4.6**
 563
 564 *WARNING:* This workaround is not yet complete. Contributions are welcome.
 565
 566 The following testing is being done with a root account and no user account. Additional testing with a regular user account will be done later.
 567
 568 *DragonFly BSD 3.1-DEVELOPMENT Non-GUI Instructions*
 569
 570 Summary
 571
 572 * Install XOrg if it's not already installed.
 573 * Ensure that mouse works.
 574 * Get the xfce4 meta-package make file.
 575 * Install binary files listed in xfce4 meta-package make file.
 576
 577 These instructions are currently a mess. They're currently just a rough outline of how I got it working. I'll go through and clean it up later.
 578
 579 Get a list of which packages would be included if Xfce was installed from source. If you haven't already done so, [create and update the pkgsrc tree](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/#index2h2). Running make pkgsrc-create failed for me when I ran it in my virtual machine with 2 GB, but succeeded when I ran it with 3171 MB.
 580
 581     cd /usr/
 582     make pkgsrc-create
 583     make pkgsrc-update
 584     cd /usr/pkgsrc/meta-pkgs/xfce4
 585     pkgin update
 586     pkgin in `cat Makefile | grep -E "xfce4.*mk" | sed -e 's/.include.*\/xf/xf/g' -e 's/\/.*/ /g' | tr -d "\n"`
 587     pkg_radd modular-xorg
 588     ls /dev/
 589
 590 Log into another console window by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2 or in VirtualBox, Alt-F2.
 591
 592     man moused
 593
 594 Scroll down until you find where it mentions mouse dev names.
 595
 596     ee /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 597
 598 Comment out the /dev/sysmouse line by putting a # in front of it. Add the following line.
 599
 600     Option "Device" "/dev/psm0"
 601
 602 Except replace psm0 with whichever mouse you've got listed in /dev. Then save the file.
 603
 604     startxfce4
 605
 606 *DragonFly BSD 3.0.2 GUI Instructions*
 607
 608 I got the message Error Code 1 while creating and updating my pkgsrc tree. I haven't yet looked into it further.
 609
 610 Get a list of which packages would be included if Xfce was installed from source. If you haven't already done so, [create and update the pkgsrc tree](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/#index2h2).
 611
 612     cd /usr/
 613     make pkgsrc-create
 614     make pkgsrc-update
 615
 616 Get a list of which packages would be included if Xfce was installed from source. The pkgsrc tree was maybe already created by default on this version of DragonFly BSD. If it has not already been created, you'd first want to [create it](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/#index2h2) before continuing. Update the pkgsrc tree.
 617
 618     cd /usr/
 619     make pkgsrc-update
 620
 621 *Notes*
 622
 623 * [XFCE based LiveDVD/IMG](http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2012-07/msg00123.html)
 624 * [Installing a Desktop Environment: Xfce4](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/how_to_get_to_the_desktop/#index11h3)
 625 * [Desktop Environments: Xfce](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/X/#index9h3)
 626 * [Longest DragonFly BSD Review: Running Xfce in DragonFlyBSD 3.0.1](http://insidesocal.com/click/2012/04/review-dragonflybsd-301----the-5.html)
 627 * [Instructions via Google Translate](http://www.google.com/translate_c?langpair=en&u=http://dragonflybsd.fr/index.php?page=Installation+de+Xfce4)
 628 * [Installing pkgsrc](http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/howtos/HowToPkgsrc/#index2h2)
 629
 630     pkgin search xfce
 631
 632 **Install Xfce 4.8**
 633
 634 *WARNING:* This workaround is not yet complete. Contributions are welcome.
 635
 636 * [Choosing between portability and innovation](http://lwn.net/Articles/430598/)
 637 * [Xfce 4.8 on BSD flavors](http://gezeiten.org/post/2011/01/Xfce-4.8-on-BSD-flavors)
 638 * [Xfce 4.8 tour](http://xfce.org/about/tour48)
 639
 640 **Install Xfce 4.10**
 641
 642 *WARNING:* This workaround is not yet complete. Contributions are welcome.
 643
 644 * [Xfce 4.10 released](http://www.xfce.org/about/news/?post=1335571200)
 645 * [Xfce 4.10 tour](http://xfce.org/about/tour)
 646
 647 **Set the GUI Keyboard Layout**
 648
 649 Edit the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
 650
 651     ee /etc/X11/xorg.conf
 652
 653 Set the XkbVariant option to your keyboard variant.
 654
 655     Section "InputDevice"
 656         Identifier  "Keyboard0"
 657         Driver      "kbd"
 658         Option      "XkbVariant" "dvorak"
 659     EndSection
 660
 661 Valid keyboard options can be found by searching through /usr/pkg/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ for example to find references to the dvorak keyboard layout, run the following command.
 662
 663     grep --color -n -r dvorak /usr/pkg/share/X11/xkb/symbols
 664
 665 If too many lines scroll by, you can use your arrow buttons to scroll back within the non-graphical console screen by pressing the Scroll Lock button on your keyboard.
 666
 667 Tested in DragonFly 3.0.2.
 668
 669 **Raw**
 670
 671 ToDo
 672
 673 Port VirtualBox to DragonFly BSD
 674  - Build VirtualBox in GhostBSD (GhostBSD is FreeBSD with Gnome or LXDE installed out of the box.)
 675     - Install GhostBSD (Gnome version 3.0 RC1 in VirtualBox)
 676     - Initialize build environment: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-portsnap.html
 677        - Handbook Instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-portsnap.html
 678        - portsnap fetch (68 MB as root)
 679        - portsnap extract (as root)
 680        - portsnap update (as root)
 681     - Install Guest Additions (from FreeBSD, not from Oracle)
 682        - Initialize build environment (See above)
 683        - Wiki Instructions: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox#Installing_Guest_Additions_for_FreeBSD_guests
 684        - Handbook Instructions: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-guest.html
 685        - Notes: http://forums.ghostbsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=693
 686        - More Notes: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29172
 687        - Create a supfile.
 688           - ee /root/9rel-supfile (as root)
 689           - Firefox http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=29172
 690           - Copy and paste supfile.
 691           - Firefox http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/cvsup.html#CVSUP-MIRRORS
 692           - Pick close server and change line *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
 693              - Optionally pick fastest server: http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/fastest_cvsup
 694 *default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
 695 *default base=/var/db
 696 *default prefix=/usr
 697 *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9_1
 698 *default delete use-rel-suffix
 699 *default compress
 700 src-all
 701           - Ctrl-[
 702           - a) leave editor
 703           - a) save changes
 704         - csup 9rel-supfile (as root probably while in /root/)
 705         - cd /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions && make install clean (probably as root)
 706     - Build VirtualBox
 707        - Initialize build environment (See above)
 708     - Build Guest Additions
 709  - Build VirtualBox in DragonFly BSD
 710     - Install DragonFly BSD (Xfce IMG/ISO Installer)
 711     - Build VirtualBox
 712     - Install VirtualBox
 713     - Test VirtualBox
 714     - Build Guest Additions
 715     - Install Guest Additions
 716     - Test Guest Additions
 717  - Package for pkgsrc
 718  - Upload to pkgsrc
 719
 720 Port Xfce 4.10 to DragonFly BSD
 721  - Install DragonFly BSD (Xfce IMG/ISO Installer in VirtualBox)
 722  - Build Instructions: http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/building
 723  - Package for pkgsrc
 724  - Upload to pkgsrc
 725
 726 Use DragonFly BSD as a Storage Appliance
 727  - Install DragonFly BSD (Xfce IMG/ISO Installer in VirtualBox)
 728
 729 Port bxpkg to DragonFly BSD
 730  - Install DragonFly BSD (Xfce IMG/ISO Installer in VirtualBox)