Installed OpenBSD 5.7.Need update help

[Itproman]

Last night,I installed OpenBSD 5.7 on an old Emachines e627-5974 laptop.

Default install with X.

I followed some YouTube video last night and after correcting my PKG_Path statement managed to add Nano and add the export statement to the user .profile.

I didn't follow the rest of the video because I want Gnome3(I normally prefer KDE on any OS,BSD,or Linux,except Ubuntu....I now use only Windows 10 and FreeBSD,but,wanted give OpenBSD another try.)not XFCE,because for one thing,I see M:tier.org recmmends Gnome,and,secondly,I tried XFCE on FreeBSD once and had login problems(I it worked if I used srtartx;a bug,appparently.

So far,I have a basic X desktop,no sound and no wifi(I read Broadcom is not supported?)....

If I try : pkg_add gnome,gimp,or anything it says "...not found."

Do I have to type the full name?

How I do updates in OpenBSD?

On FreeBSD,it's just "freebsd-update fetch install" #security fixes,etc

"portsnap fetch update"

[bsd-keith]

I added the PKG_PATH to my root .profile & then exported it from there so that it works all the time.

Then I use the root account to install software, you only need the package name.

Take a look here to see the names of software available - http://ports.su/

[TronDD]

How did you correct your PKG_PATH? Where did you put it and what value did you set?

How are you then trying to install a new package?

Tim.

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome!

There are two ways to point pkg_add(1) to installable packages.

1. From the pkg.conf(5) configuration file. The configuration file will be created automatically if you installed the filesets and kernels from the network. If you installed them from local media, then this file will not be created automatically.
2. With a $PKG_PATH environment variable. If this variable is used, it will override installpath settings in the pkg.conf(5) file, if present.

[blackhole]

Originally Posted by Itproman

On FreeBSD,it's just "freebsd-update fetch install"

That is specifically for upgrades to base and has nothing to do with ports/packages. The modern FreeBSD equivalent to pkg_add, pkg_delete, pgk_info, etc is pkg(8).

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by Itproman

I read Broadcom is not supported?

The definitive test is to look at the output of dmesg(8) as this will tell us what the installed kernel understands about the available hardware landscape. In fact, please post the complete output of dmesg(8) so we can discuss this from a common beginning point.

How I do updates?

• If you are asking how to update the base installation, boot with a newer version of bsd.rd, have the newer filesets available (or download them through bsd.rd's support of HTTP...), & follow up with sysmerge(8).
• If you are asking how to update installed packages, read about the -u & -U in the pkg_add(1) manpage.

Recognize that there are few, if any, updates to -release packages during the lifetime of -release. -stable may receive a few more package updates. For more information on the difference between OpenBSD's flavors (-release, -stable, & -current...), read Section 5.1 of the official FAQ.

As a newcomer, taking the time to read through the entire FAQ is a great idea. This is the single best source of information about official releases to be found on the Internet.

[ocicat]

When discussing system updates, I was omitted mention of the project's Update Guide. This is necessary reading if you want to have a successful experience.

[jggimi]

Due to context, I believe the word update in Itproman's first post meant, "Install applications I wish to have on this freshly installed OS."

And therefore, he was not referring to either Update or Upgrade as defined in FAQ 5.1.

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by jggimi

Due to context, I believe the word update in Itproman's first post meant, "Install applications I wish to have on this freshly installed OS."

This might be true, but it is a supposition on our part. I posted both avenues to be complete, as there will be future readers to this thread who may be wondering about system updates as well.

If ltproman has additional questions, he should clarify.

[Itproman]

# dmesg|more  
OpenBSD 5.7 (GENERIC) #825: Sun Mar  8 10:59:14 MDT 2015
    deraadt@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 2931228672 (2795MB)
avail mem = 2849382400 (2717MB)
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xe8f20 (53 entries)
bios0: vendor eMachines version "V1.09" date 11/30/2009
bios0: eMachines eMachines E627
acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP HPET APIC MCFG BOOT SLIC SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices PB2_(S4) PB5_(S5) USB0(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB5(S3) USB6(S3) P2P_(S5)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 32 bits
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318180 Hz
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20, 1596.25 MHz
cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SSE3,CX16,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW,LAHF,SVM,EAPICSP,AMCR8,3DNOWP
cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache
cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
cpu0: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 8 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 21, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 2
acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf7000000, bus 0-15
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (AGP_)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB2_)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (PB4_)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 8 (PB5_)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB6_)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB7_)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB9_)
acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PB10)
acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus 9 (P2P_)
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2, PSS
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 200 degC
acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
acpibtn2 at acpi0: LID_
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT1 model "13848629084181313" serial 39b6 type Lion oem "SANYO "
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpivideo0 at acpi0: VGA_
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: LCD_
acpivideo1 at acpi0: DGFX
cpu0: PowerNow! K8 1596 MHz: speeds: 1600 800 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "AMD RS780 Host" rev 0x00
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "AMD RS780 PCIE" rev 0x00
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
radeondrm0 at pci1 dev 5 function 0 "ATI Radeon HD 3200" rev 0x00
drm0 at radeondrm0
radeondrm0: apic 2 int 18
ppb1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "AMD RS780 PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
"Broadcom BCM4315" rev 0x01 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured
ppb2 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "AMD RS780 PCIE" rev 0x00: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 8
alc0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Attansic Technology L2C" rev 0xc0: msi, address 70:5a:b6:27:74:bf
atphy0 at alc0 phy 0: F1 10/100/1000 PHY, rev. 11
ahci0 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SATA" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 22, AHCI 1.1
scsibus1 at ahci0: 32 targets
sd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, WDC WD1600BEVT-2, 11.0> SCSI3 0/direct fixed naa.50014ee259404150
sd0: 152627MB, 512 bytes/sector, 312581808 sectors
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <Slimtype, DVD A DS8A4SH, CA91> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable
ohci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 16, version 1.0, legacy support
ohci1 at pci0 dev 18 function 1 "ATI SB700 USB" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 16, version 1.0, legacy support
ehci0 at pci0 dev 18 function 2 "ATI SB700 USB2" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 17
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 "ATI EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 "ATI SBx00 SMBus" rev 0x3c: SMI
iic0 at piixpm0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 2GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-5300CL5 SO-DIMM
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM non-parity PC2-6400CL6 SO-DIMM
azalia0 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 "ATI SBx00 HD Audio" rev 0x00: apic 2 int 16
azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC272
audio0 at azalia0
pcib0 at pci0 dev 20 function 3 "ATI SB700 ISA" rev 0x00
ppb3 at pci0 dev 20 function 4 "ATI SB600 PCI" rev 0x00
pci4 at ppb3 bus 9
pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 0Fh HyperTransport" rev 0x00
pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Address Map" rev 0x00
pchb3 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 0Fh DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00
kate0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00: core rev DH-G2
usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
usb2 at ohci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2 "ATI OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pms0: ALPS Glidepoint, version 0x7321
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
spkr0 at pcppi0
vscsi0 at root
scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus3 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (ef199f0584674904.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
radeondrm0: 1366x768
wsdisplay0 at radeondrm0 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation), using wskbd0
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)

[Itproman]

Update:

Yesterday:

discovered that even though I had edited /root/,profile and /home/richard/.profile and added "PKG_Path=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/....(main OpenBSD ftp mirror),have to use export command each time I boot.

Added: gnome,firefox,and gimp

3 issues:
_______

1) PKG_PATH issue
2)no wifi
3)low sound: speakers test=no sound,sound effects and YouTube=low sound -good for at night! lol

My background: MSDOS 3.2....6.2,Win 2x,Win3x,OS/2 Warp 3,Win 9.x,Linux,Win 2k Pro and Server,Netware 5.x(Network Admin course),XP,more Linux,mostly Opensuse,Ubuntu,Win7,FreeBSD,PCBSD.I did try OpenBSD 5.3 briefy,but,now I'm back with 5.7 to really dig in and learn it!

I have edited my first message.

I was referring to how to update OpenBSD,as in security patches,like on FreeBSD.

[sacerdos_daemonis]

1) PKG_PATH issue

Try editing /etc/pkg.conf

[jggimi]

PKG_PATH:

Environment variables need to be exported. The primary server is not recommended, and even though it has "ftp" in the name, HTTP protocol is preferable. Use something similar to:

export PKG_PATH=http://<your.nearest.mirror>/pub/OpenBSD/5.7/packages/amd64/

WiFi

Your dmesg shows:

Broadcom BCM4315" rev 0x01 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 not configured

The phrase, "not configured" is kernel-speak for, "This device is recognized but I don't have a driver for it." You won't have WiFi with this device. The bwi(4) driver supports other Broadcom BCM43xx devices, but not this one.

If you need WiFi, you'll have to choose a different WiFi NIC, such as a USB-attached dongle, or, you'll have to choose a different OS. There are many diferent WiFi drivers -- see $ apropos wireless.

Low volume on audio

You'll need to adjust the volume -- the default is usually 50% of max for typical audio hardware. See FAQ 13 regarding mixerctl(1).

[shep]

real mem = 2931228672 (2795MB)
........
cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor TF-20, 1596.25 MHz

Gnome 3 will run but will not be very snappy.

because for one thing,I see M:tier.org recmmends Gnome,and,secondly,I tried XFCE on FreeBSD once and had login problems

One M:tier developer maintains Gnome in OpenBSD while another maintains Xfce4. I think the reason M:tier speaks of Gnome 3 is that they also support RHEL/Centos7 both of which use Gnome 3. Their support of Gnome 3 in OpenBSD allows them to supply a consistent user interface to their clients. I suspect that if M:tier looked at the specs of your eMachine, they would advise a lighter desktop like Xfce4

Xfce4 will run much better and there are no login problems from xdm if you follow this guide

[Itproman]

Rats!

Too bad about the unsupported wifi.

Low audio -already at 100%

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by Itproman

Too bad about the unsupported wifi.

There are a lot of unsupported Broadcom variants out there.

The simplest solution is get a supported USB dongle. There are numerous alternatives, but Edimax is one of the cheapest:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o05_s00

You should also find these on eBay too.

[Itproman]

Thanks.

I'll grab one.

I have a USB dongle on the back of my Android Media box,which I recognized from the photo and thought I'd try it,but,upon reboot got all kinds of "...divide" errors." lol

It's a no name one,so not suprising that OpenBSD didn't like it.

Took it out rebooted fine.

PKG_Path:

I had another look at this video which was recommended to me:

https://youtu.be/6qxponJ0huA


and I saw my first mistake.In .profile,I forgot to add "export" before "PKG_PATH."

Issue #1 -no PKG_PATH after reboot -solved
Issue #2 -no wifi -potentially solved.
Issue #3 -low sound -in progress.

[bsd-keith]

I use this in a script I call vol & run it at the command line, ./vol 175

mixerctl outputs.master=$1,$1

Edit: It is also handy for muting sound, ./vol 0

[ocicat]

Originally Posted by Itproman

It's a no name one,so not suprising that OpenBSD didn't like it.

For the record, the dongle I mentioned is referred to by the kernel as:

$ dmesg | grep urtwn
urtwn0 at uhub4 port 7 configuration 1 interface 0 "Realtek 802.11n WLAN Adapter" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 3
urtwn0 at uhub4 port 7 configuration 1 interface 0 "EDIMAX EW-7811Un" rev 2.00/2.00 addr 3
urtwn0: MAC/BB RTL8188CUS, RF 6052 1T1R, address 80:1f:02:d3:96:8d
$

Careful study of the various manpages found in the following command:

$ man -k wireless

..will provide exact information about what wireless devices are recognized by the OpenBSD kernel installed.

As for the errors mentioned when plugging in a dongle already in your possession, It would be helpful for you to post what was displayed. Not knowing what your experience has been with configuring wireless devices, I can think of at least two issues you might have encountered, but without seeing the errors experienced, I am only guessing.