Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2019 00:03:17 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Victor Sudakov <vas@sibptus.ru> Cc: Jason Tubnor <jason@tubnor.net>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Need X-server to run in bhyve guest Message-ID: <201912050803.xB583HSj043040@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <20191205042909.GB19962@admin.sibptus.ru>
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-- Start of PGP signed section. > Jason Tubnor wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> > > wrote: > > > > > > TO fix some of your issues, ie the fact that the kernel boot > > > messages and the installer do not appear in the vnc display > > > if you drop to the loader prompt during the boot process and > > > set serial_boot="NO" > > > then you get the kernel boot messages and the installer in > > > the vnc output. > > > > > > Once you finished the install adding: > > > boot_serial="NO" > > > to > > > /boot/loader.conf > > > > > > works around the fact the kernel boot messages are going to a serial > > > console. > > > > > > > > > This *may* effect x11 startup, I havent got to that part yet... > > > > > > > > More coverage on the above as Rod describes can be found on the wiki (down > > near the bottom): > > > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/UEFI Glad to see that this is documented. I am unclear on why we are forcing a serial console now though, perhaps it is a failure to detect the prescense of a uefi framebuffer? > > Jason and Rodney, thanks, it's useful to know, though for the present I > was happy enough with the serial console installation. > > Now I'd like to concentrate on the question how to start a graphical > desktop environment in a bhyve guest. I am back home now and souuld be able to dig out the vm I last did this in, or recreate the situation and figure out what needs to be done. > Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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