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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 2024 12:36:19 +0100
From:      Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: VNC Viewer on Windows: Unable to access VMs GUI
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Hello my friend Odhiambo,

you can try to pass your keyboard and mouse to a specific USB to pci
adapter,using an USB splitter to attach both the input devices. Actually
I'm using the one integrated on my nvidia gpu,RTX 2080 ti,that's :

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 [GeForce RTX
2080 Ti]
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 High Definition Audio
Controller
*02:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 USB 3.1 Host Controller*
02:00.3 Serial bus controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU102 USB Type-C UCSI
Controller

For sure you will add the PCI address of the board between your bhyve
parameters,for example in my case :

-s 8:2,passthru,2/0/2 \

A single hardware solution would be a pcie riser which splits the pcie port=
.


I've asked for a good USB controller some time ago :


https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/im-looking-for-a-good-usb-controller-3-0=
-4-ports-self-powered-compatible-with-freebsd.83323/


If it=E2=80=99s only mouse and keyboard you could use bhyves virtio-input e=
mulation.


Corvin included virtio-input support in his github.


He committed virtio-input to 13.2 and 14.0 upstream.


>From =E2=80=9Cman bhyve=E2=80=9D


https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbhyve&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D8&m=
anpath=3DFreeBSD+14.0-CURRENT&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml
):


            Virtio      input device backends:



            */dev/input/eventX*

                       Send input    events of */dev/input/eventX* to guest

                       by      VirtIO Input Interface.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmai=
l.com>
wrote:

>
> Even with this, my mouse pointer doesn't work:
>
> # Linux Guest
> bhyve -S -c sockets=3D2,cores=3D2,threads=3D2 -m 4G -w -H -A \
> -s 0,hostbridge \
> -s 3,ahci-cd,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/.iso/debian-12.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso \
> -s 4,virtio-blk,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/Debian/debian.img \
> -s 5,virtio-net,tap4 \
> -s 8,hda,play=3D/dev/dsp,rec=3D/dev/dsp \
> -s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:5905,w=3D1024,h=3D768 \
> -s 30,xhci,tablet \
> -s 31,lpc -l com1,stdio \
> -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd \
> debian
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 3:47=E2=80=AFPM Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmai=
l.com
> <marietto2008@gmailcom>> wrote:
>
>> -s 3,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:59 <http://0.0.0.0:5915>*15*,w=3D1600,h=3D950 \
>> -s 10,virtio-net,tap*15* \
>> *vm15* < /dev/null & sleep 2 && vncviewer *0:15*
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:19=E2=80=AFPM Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gm=
ail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hellos,
>>>
>>> When I was still on FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE I was able to access some Linu=
x
>>> VMs GUI using VNC Viewer on my Windows PC.
>>> After I upgraded to 14-RELEASE, this changed: I can connect to the VMs,
>>> but the GUI desktop is frozen. The mouse cursor isn't moving at all and=
 the
>>> Desktop doesn't load like before.
>>> I start all my VMs the same way:
>>>
>>> bhyve -c N -m NG -w -H \
>>> -s 0,hostbridge \
>>> -s 4,virtio-blk,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/DISTRONAME/distroname.img \
>>> -s 5,virtio-net,tapN \
>>> -s 8,hda,play=3D/dev/dsp,rec=3D/dev/dsp \
>>> -s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:59XX,w=3D1680,h=3D1050 \
>>> -s 30,xhci,tablet \
>>> -s 31,lpc -l com1,stdio \
>>> -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd \
>>> distroname
>>>
>>> I would then connect to a.b.c.d:59xx using VNC Viewer and I'd get the
>>> Linux/Windows Desktop.
>>> Not anymore!
>>>
>>> Is there something I need to do to fix the issue?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards,
>>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>> Nairobi,KE
>>> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
>>>  In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
>>> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-)
>>> [How to ask smart questions:
>>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mario.
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
> +254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223
>  In an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.
> "Oh, the cruft.", egrep -v '^$|^.*#' =C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF :-)
> [How to ask smart questions:
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]
>


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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello my friend Odhiambo,</div><div><br></div><div>yo=
u can try to pass your keyboard and mouse to a specific USB to pci adapter,=
using an USB splitter to attach both the input devices. Actually I&#39;m us=
ing the one integrated on my nvidia gpu,RTX 2080 ti,that&#39;s :<br></div><=
div><br></div><div>02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU=
102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti]<br>02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation TU102=
 High Definition Audio Controller<br><b>02:00.2 USB controller: NVIDIA Corp=
oration TU102 USB 3.1 Host Controller</b><br>02:00.3 Serial bus controller:=
 NVIDIA Corporation TU102 USB Type-C UCSI Controller</div><div><div><br></d=
iv><div>For sure you will add the PCI address of the board between your bhy=
ve parameters,for example in my case :</div><div><br></div></div><div>-s 8:=
2,passthru,2/0/2 \</div><div><br></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">A single hard=
ware solution would be a pcie riser which splits the pcie port.</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal">I&#39;ve asked for a =
good USB controller some time ago :<br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://fo=
rums.freebsd.org/threads/im-looking-for-a-good-usb-controller-3-0-4-ports-s=
elf-powered-compatible-with-freebsd.83323/">https://forums.freebsd.org/thre=
ads/im-looking-for-a-good-usb-controller-3-0-4-ports-self-powered-compatibl=
e-with-freebsd.83323/</a></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"></p><p class=3D"MsoNo=
rmal"></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">If it=E2=80=99s only mouse and keyboard you could us=
e bhyves virtio-input emulation.</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">Corvin included virtio-input support in his github.<=
/p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">He committed virtio-input to 13.2 and 14.0 upstream.=
</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal">From =E2=80=9Cman bhyve=E2=80=9D <br></p><p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><a href=3D"https://www.freebsd.o=
rg/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbhyve&amp;apropos=3D0&amp;sektion=3D8&amp;manpath=3D=
FreeBSD+14.0-CURRENT&amp;arch=3Ddefault&amp;format=3Dhtml" target=3D"_blank=
">https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbhyve&amp;apropos=3D0&amp;sek=
tion=3D8&amp;manpath=3DFreeBSD+14.0-CURRENT&amp;arch=3Ddefault&amp;format=
=3Dhtml</a>):</p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black"><br></span></p><p cla=
ss=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;f=
ont-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Virtio=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 input device backends:</span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u><=
/span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
</span><i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;=
;color:green">/dev/input/eventX</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Send input=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 events of
</span><i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;=
;color:green">/dev/input/eventX</span></i><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;fon=
t-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black"> to guest<u></u><u></u></span=
></p>
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"background:white"><span style=3D"font-size:=
12pt;font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;color:black">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 by=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 VirtIO Inp=
ut Interface.</span></p></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 11:39=E2=80=AFAM Odhiambo W=
ashington &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">odhia=
mbo@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" sty=
le=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div>Even with thi=
s, my mouse pointer doesn&#39;t work:</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
# Linux Guest<br>bhyve -S -c sockets=3D2,cores=3D2,threads=3D2 -m 4G -w -H =
-A \<br>-s 0,hostbridge \<br>-s 3,ahci-cd,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/.iso/debian-=
12.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso \<br>-s 4,virtio-blk,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/Debian/deb=
ian.img \<br>-s 5,virtio-net,tap4 \<br>-s 8,hda,play=3D/dev/dsp,rec=3D/dev/=
dsp \<br>-s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D<a href=3D"http://0.0.0.0:5905" target=3D"_blank"=
>0.0.0.0:5905</a>,w=3D1024,h=3D768 \<br>-s 30,xhci,tablet \<br>-s 31,lpc -l=
 com1,stdio \<br>-l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd \<=
br>debian<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, =
Feb 14, 2024 at 3:47=E2=80=AFPM Mario Marietto &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:mariet=
to2008@gmailcom" target=3D"_blank">marietto2008@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;=
border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace">-s 3,fbuf,tcp=3D<a href=3D"http:/=
/0.0.0.0:5915" target=3D"_blank">0.0.0.0:59</a><b>15</b>,w=3D1600,h=3D950 \=
</span></div><div><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-s 10,virtio-net,tap<b=
>15</b> \</span></span></div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace"><b>vm15<=
/b> &lt; /dev/null &amp; sleep 2 &amp;&amp; vncviewer <b>0:15</b></span></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:19=E2=80=AFPM Odhiambo Washington &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8=
ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr=
">Hellos,<div><br></div><div>When I was still on FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE I was=
 able to access some Linux VMs GUI using=C2=A0VNC Viewer on my Windows PC.<=
/div><div>After I upgraded to 14-RELEASE, this changed: I can connect to th=
e VMs, but the GUI desktop is frozen. The mouse cursor isn&#39;t moving at =
all and the Desktop doesn&#39;t load like before.</div><div>I start all my =
VMs the same way:</div><div><br></div><div>bhyve -c N -m NG -w -H \<br>-s 0=
,hostbridge \<br>-s 4,virtio-blk,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/DISTRONAME/distroname=
.img \<br>-s 5,virtio-net,tapN \<br>-s 8,hda,play=3D/dev/dsp,rec=3D/dev/dsp=
 \<br>-s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:59XX,w=3D1680,h=3D1050 \<br>-s 30,xhci,table=
t \<br>-s 31,lpc -l com1,stdio \<br>-l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmwa=
re/BHYVE_UEFI.fd \<br>distroname</div><div><br></div><div>I would then conn=
ect to a.b.c.d:59xx using VNC Viewer and I&#39;d get the Linux/Windows Desk=
top.</div><div>Not anymore!</div><div><br clear=3D"all"><div>Is there somet=
hing I need to do to fix the=C2=A0issue?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div=
><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" clas=
s=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best regards,<=
br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<=
/div><div><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34)">=C2=A0In=C2=A0</span><span st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(34,34,34)">an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a c=
onstant: DNS.</span><br>&quot;<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruf=
t.</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">&quot;,=C2=A0</span><span style=
=3D"font-size:12.8px">egrep -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39;=C2=A0</span><span style=3D=
"background-color:rgb(34,34,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:&quot;Lu=
cida Console&quot;,Consolas,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.=
6px">=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=C2=AF</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=
=A0:-)</span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart =
questions:=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://w=
ww.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.ca=
tb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></=
div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d=
iv></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_si=
gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<=
br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223</div><div><span style=3D=
"color:rgb(34,34,34)">=C2=A0In=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(34,34,3=
4)">an Internet failure case, the #1 suspect is a constant: DNS.</span><br>=
&quot;<span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style=3D"=
font-size:12.8px">&quot;,=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">egre=
p -v &#39;^$|^.*#&#39;=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"background-color:rgb(34,3=
4,34);color:rgb(238,238,238);font-family:&quot;Lucida Console&quot;,Consola=
s,&quot;Courier New&quot;,monospace;font-size:13.6px">=C2=AF\_(=E3=83=84)_/=
=C2=AF</span><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0:-)</span></div><div><s=
pan style=3D"font-size:12.8px">[How to ask smart questions:=C2=A0</span><sp=
an style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><a href=3D"http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smar=
t-questions.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-que=
stions.html</a>]</span></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><br><span class=3D"gmail_signature_pre=
fix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Mario.<br></d=
iv>

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