Ansible playbook to install Gnome on Freebsd 14.3

install_gnome_freebsd.yml

---
- name: Install and configure GNOME desktop on FreeBSD 14.3
  hosts: freebsd
  become: yes
  vars:
    desktop_user: {{ ansible_user }}
    video_driver: i915kms       # Options: i915kms, amdgpu, radeonkms, nvidia-modeset
    wayland_enabled: false

  tasks:

    - name: Update pkg repositories
      ansible.builtin.shell: pkg update -f
      args:
        warn: false

    - name: Install Xorg
      ansible.builtin.pkgng:
        name: xorg
        state: present

    - name: Install GNOME and GDM
      ansible.builtin.pkgng:
        name:
          - gnome
          - gdm
        state: present

    - name: Install drm-kmod for graphics drivers
      ansible.builtin.pkgng:
        name: drm-kmod
        state: present

    - name: Enable graphics kernel module in rc.conf
      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
        path: /etc/rc.conf
        regexp: '^kld_list='
        line: "kld_list=\"{{ video_driver }}\""
        create: yes

    - name: Enable GNOME required services
      ansible.builtin.sysrc:
        name: "{{ item }}"
        value: "YES"
      loop:
        - dbus_enable
        - gdm_enable
        - hald_enable

    - name: Add desktop user to video group
      ansible.builtin.user:
        name: "{{ desktop_user }}"
        groups: video
        append: yes

    - name: Fix home directory ownership
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "/home/{{ desktop_user }}"
        owner: "{{ desktop_user }}"
        group: "{{ desktop_user }}"
        recurse: yes

    - name: Configure GDM to force Xorg if Wayland is disabled
      ansible.builtin.blockinfile:
        path: /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf
        block: |
          [daemon]
          WaylandEnable={{ 'true' if wayland_enabled else 'false' }}
        create: yes

    - name: Create .xinitrc for manual startx fallback
      ansible.builtin.copy:
        dest: "/home/{{ desktop_user }}/.xinitrc"
        content: "exec gnome-session\n"
        owner: "{{ desktop_user }}"
        group: "{{ desktop_user }}"
        mode: '0755'

    - name: Reboot the system
      ansible.builtin.reboot:
        reboot_timeout: 300