I would like to have an understanding of Ghost's configuration files

[rnd2it]

My subject line was the best I could come up with. I want to learn BSD, and have installed both Ghost and Free BSDs on virtual machines in Virtualbox 7.0.20. I'm referencing Ghost to help me understand how I could configure FreeBSD, in order to learn the OS. I am also using the FreeBSD docs and lot's of googling. It's not going well -- it seems to me there are differences in the GBSD and FBSD configuration files, and I'm unable to understand. (I am a linux user-level in the low-intermediate range when it comes to terminal stuff.)

My first big issue is how do you get the mouse to work in the console? I read and google and read, and look through GhostBSD, but I don't see the answer.

I'm currently reading the docs for loader.conf, vt, vidcontrol, moused and ums. In FreeBSD my /etc/rc.conf file has moused_enable="YES". Both VMs are set to PS/2 mouse. (The mouse is a wireless USB, and "PS/2" is the recommended selection.) In Ghost the console mouse works. In FreeBSD it doesn't.

So my question is how do you make the console mouse work for copy/paste in GhostBSD, and is this configuration something I can copy into FreeBSD?

PS. I want to add that I really really appreciate GhostBSD. I was able to make a small donation and will donate more when I can. My reason for having both BSDs is to learn. FreeBSD forces me to learn. GhostBSD works so well that I won't learn as much!

[ericbsd]

Have you installed virtualbox-ose-additions on your FreeBSD installation?

See https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handb ... virtualbox to set up FreeBSD appropriately for VirtualBox.

I do not think we do anything special for VirtualBox that is not in the FreeBSD documentation.

[trevorburl]

Have you installed virtualbox-ose-additions on your FreeBSD installation?

See https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handb ... virtualbox to set up FreeBSD appropriately for VirtualBox.

I do not think we do anything special for VirtualBox that is not in the FreeBSD documentation.

Thanks It is helpful!

[catherinebennett]

To get the mouse working in the FreeBSD console, ensure moused_enable="YES" is set in /etc/rc.conf, and add ums_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf for the USB mouse driver. Make sure you're using the vt console driver, and check hald_enable="YES" in rc.conf for proper mouse integration. Use vidcontrol -m on to enable mouse support in the terminal. After making these changes, restart the system. GhostBSD’s configuration is desktop-oriented, so not all settings can be directly copied to FreeBSD, but these steps should get your mouse working in FreeBSD's console.