This is the second part of the “Virtual FreeBSD” tutorials series. In the first part we have installed the OS from the scratch by downloading most of it from the Internet. In this second tutorial we will customize the default shell and install a little bit more user-friendly one. But first thing first:

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This article shows you how to install one of the most stable OS in a virtual environment using the VMWare virtualization server. This however should not frighten or disappoint you, as the technique is pretty much the same for non-virtual environment. First lets start with the

Requirements

• A computer in front of you.
• Available connection to internet - you will need to download certain packages during the installation.
• VMWare Server - required only if you are following our virtualization tutorials. If you are installing the FreeBSD as a standalone OS you DO NOT need to have it.
• Atleast 2 hours of free time.

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This one is easy. However it took me a while before I found the sollution.

Here is the scenario. You have an old serial wheel mouse and you do not want to buy a new one as the current is doing great its job

If you try the Xorg auto configuration and fire up your favorite X window manager the mouse wheel is not going to work in 99% of the cases. This is not a problem. Fire up your terminal and su to root:

[vaLntine@X ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@X ~]#

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