Files and configurations to make FreeBSD work on the ThinkPad x395 laptop
All included files are in the filesystem/ directory, relative to my system root (/).
Portions of my system's /etc/rc.conf and /boot/loader.conf are included. I tried to include some comments saying which entries are necessary vs. nice-to-have.
Put this in /boot/loader.conf:
hint.uart.0.at=0
In /etc/rc.conf:
kld_list="amdgpu acpi_video"
In /boot/loader.conf:
acpi_video_load="YES"
Running xrandr once does the trick for KDE. (HDMI tested, USB-C apparently works for others)
You can use the apm program to view and control AC-line and battery stuff. Includes levels, status codes, system suspend, etc. It's included with the base install - run man apm on your system to view the manpage.
I've included by own battery information script that formats stuff for my KDE topbar in filesystem/home/tim/bin/battstat.
My system uses an Intel 9260 WiFi card as iwm0. The filesystem/etc/rc.conf file contains all the WiFi configuration entries I'm using in my own /etc/rc.conf. I paired these settings with the following settings in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
ssid="NetworkName"
priority=146
scan_ssid=1
psk="NetworkPassword"
}
You can also use the wpa_cli tool post-login.
In /etc/rc.conf:
kld_list="acpi_ibm"
In /boot/loader.conf:
acpi_ibm_load="YES"
Running KDE 5, I can confirm visually (and obviously audibly) that the volume keys work with no configuration, but I haven't bothered getting the speaker mute and microphone mute lights to come on and off. (TODO)
To get the brightness keys working, see the example brightness adjusting script at filesystem/usr/local/bin/bright. Note I'm not using brightness increments in line with what ACPI thinks should be happening, but it still works and I like the granularity. You will also have to copy filesystem/etc/devd/acpi_brightness.conf to your computer, which will configure the function keys to work as long as devd is running (devd_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf - you can also (re)start it with service devd restart).
The codes 0x10 and 0x11 refer to the brightness-up and -down functions, respectively. To see other function keys' outputs and do stuff when they're pressed, run the following as root and then start hitting the function keys to get the info you'll need to write your own config:
cat /var/run/devd.pipe
devd can be restarted after configuration changes by running service devd restart. You should enable devd to start automatically by writing devd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc.conf.
If you haven't, consider downloading and installing a system upgrade with freebsd-update.
If you're a developer, there is an Atom port but it was officially discontinued (I think after 12?) earlier in 2021. @tagattie on GitHub has provided an experimental port based on the official one but the official release binary seems to be broken for FreeBSD 13 if your harfbuzz package is at version 3, but apparently works if harfbuzz is downgraded to 2.9.1, but I haven't tried. I've been using VSCode/Code-OSS (editors/vscode) in lieu of Atom :(