Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:09:16 -0700 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> Cc: "virtualization@freebsd.org" <virtualization@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: bhyve on serial switch virtual terminal Message-ID: <DCAD7AA8-AD58-4EB5-8A3A-D449708545FF@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <352r31oo-npr3-490q-qon3-9r5qqn3o506q@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg> References: <352r31oo-npr3-490q-qon3-9r5qqn3o506q@yvfgf.mnoonqbm.arg>
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On Nov 4, 2024, at 6:25=E2=80=AFPM, Bjoern A. Zeeb = <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: >=20 > this is probably a FAQ ... if you run bhyve in an xterm with nmdm > console and boot a freebsd, how can you then switch terminals of the > guest? You cannot. Running bhyve in this way provides you with a SERIAL console = which (even on real hardware) has no terminal-switching ability; it=E2=80=99= s just a single tty. > The installer used to use a different screen for logging information = or > providing a shell; now I have no idea if bsdinstall hsa similar ways > but the general point is we don't have a 'send key sequence' to the > guest, do we? I don=E2=80=99t think bhyve has special support for that, no. If you are = running, for example, cu to access your nmdm device then you can look at = cu(1) to see what commands it supports. > Ctrl+Alt+F2 will never reacch the guest but get one out of X... and > likewaise a lot of other things. Is there an escape sequence or > anything for this or is the answer "use vnc"? If you want a full-featured console (even text-only) then yes, you = probably should use the VNC graphics emulation in bhyve. JN
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