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Posted on 2023/02/262023/02/25
Chacha with me Doodles

The random number generator method chacha20 has been ported from FreeBSD to DragonFly.

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Posted on 2023/02/22
Full loader paths

Kernel modules now report their full, not relative, file path.  A quietly useful idea.

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Posted on 2023/02/19
Oh, for boot

I did not know that /usr/src/stand is where /boot comes from.  Now we both know.

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Posted on 2023/02/18
Read-onlfying

Some tips on creating/booting a read-only DragonFly system.

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Posted on 2023/02/13
Driver hint

Interpreted through a related commit: DragonFly might have a paravirtual SCSI driver soon?

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Posted on 2023/02/03
doing dsynth

A short explainer on dsynth(1) options.

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Posted on 2023/01/312023/01/29
Adventure again

Adventure(6) the original and Colossal Cave the remake 50 years later.

0 Comments - Categories: DragonFly, Lazy Reading
Posted on 2023/01/29
GPT tip

The installer should always take care of this for you, but if for some reason you need it: formatting a disk with gpt.

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Posted on 2023/01/242023/01/23
Upgrade explanation

The hows and lesser-known whys of DragonFly upgrades.

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Posted on 2023/01/222023/01/21
New User Notes

Will Senn just started using DragonFly and he wrote up his experience.

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Posted on 2023/01/21
Slight booting speedup

Messing with boot0cfg(8) might shorten your boot time.  Be careful.

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Posted on 2023/01/18
X hang fixes

If your X session hangs when exiting the window manager, here’s some suggestions.

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Posted on 2023/01/14
pkg cleanup tips

Removing pkg detritus.  Applies to any system with pkg, including DragonFly.  (via)

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Posted on 2023/01/14
HAMMER2/NetBSD

HAMMER2 file system for NetBSD.  (there’s been foreshadowing)

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Posted on 2023/01/13
/etc/rc.local.d now an option

DragonFly now checks both /etc/rc.d and /etc/rc.local.d during boot and shutdown, so you don’t have to mix system-installed and local rc scripts.

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Posted on 2023/01/12
perennial pkg problem

Based on a sample size of 1, a new DragonFly 6.4 install may have a version of pkg that is confused by config file syntax changes.  If that happens to you, the same fix still works.

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Posted on 2023/01/11
Emergency booting

If you scramble your DragonFly system and can’t boot, here’s some immediate suggestions.

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Posted on 2023/01/102023/01/09
Serial support fades

We all could see this coming, but still – most workstations have had serial support for the last…  half century?

0 Comments - Categories: BSD, DragonFly
Posted on 2023/01/09
Zen3 temp sensor support

DragonFly now has support for 19h / Zen3 AMD temperature sensors.

1 Comment - Categories: BSD, DragonFly
Posted on 2022/12/27
2022Q4 dports

Updating to the most recent dports binaries has some extra steps.

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