Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 00:19:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> Cc: FreeBSD Virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need X-server to run in bhyve guest Message-ID: <201912030819.xB38JsNL033872@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20191202142806.GA15072@admin.sibptus.ru>
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> Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > > Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote: > > > > On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > > If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a > > > > > FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp > > > > > access, or whatever?) would you advise? > > > > > > > > This will work with the normal X server and bhyve's built-in VNC if > > > > you run the guest with UEFI CSM and apply my Video BIOS patch: > > > > > > > > https://www.gulbra.net/freebsd-bhyve/ > > > > > > I'd prefer to stick to bhyveload for now. > > > > I would strongly encourage you to use vnc and UEFI bios mode > > in bhyve for what you are attempting to do. Unless your guess > > is not able to run a uefi frame buffer type display, which any > > recent FreeBSD should be just fine with. > > All right, I just tried to install FreeBSD 12.1 under vm-bhyve in UEFI > mode. > > Well, the installation was not trivial. > > At first, in the VNC client, I see the loader menu, then the "Loading > kernel..." message, and then a blank screen. Fine, I run "vm console" > and install via the serial console, the UEFI screen still being blank. *sigh* Thats broken If I make it to this weeks bhyve call I'll bring it up, this sounds like a loader to kernel handoff regression. > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on GPT+UEFI. > Fine, let's install on ZFS. Do you mean GPT+UFS? Not sure what the failure is here. I usually install MBR/(UFS or ZFS) so this is not a use case for me. > Installation complete, reboot... The serial console is available, the > UEFI VNC console is available too, though much later :-) :-( > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize > this console as a monitor. It should just be the scfb x11 driver. > > Thank you for the hint, Rodney! Glad to have moved you forward, even if it uncovered more sharp pokey edges of bhyve in the process. > Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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