FreeBSD 13.1 released, I download iso from: https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/13.1/ But Parallels can't detect OS type.
Were you able to run KDE or Gnome on a FreeBSD 13.1 VM? I completed a text install, everything runs fine. Installed xorg, sddm, and kde-baseapps (the kde5 full install metaport is not avaiiable for 13.1 on aarch64). Also included ums_load="YES" on loader.conf to get the mouse to work. The graphics login (sddm) works just fine, but then I get a black screen from KDE. Any suggestions?
I've found that FreeBSD 13.1 (I haven't tested other versions) doesn't recognize the USB mouse provided by Parallels (or Fusion even) in a way that makes it usable. While it does indeed appear as a device as reported by lsusb -v, it does not appear as a /dev/ums0 device in the OS. As such, I suspect you'll have trouble using anything GUI that needs a mouse. What's not immediately obvious to me is what about how the Parallels mouse causes /dev/ums0 to be skipped, but is present in things like UTM (which uses QEMU under the hood) For example, lsusb on Parallels (not working): And Fusion (not working): And on UTM/QEMU (working): At a glance, it's not obvious to me what the difference is between the one working mouse and the two non-working ones.
As salvomic showed me in another thread, you should include this to get your mouse working: Code: # /boot/loader.conf ums_load="YES"
Well I'll be! I thought that I had tried that before and it didn't work. But indeed, with the above change, there is now a /dev/ums0 device, and it works just fine in xorg. Thanks!
Glad it worked. You have to thank salvomic who came up with the solution. Which desktop are you running?
