Need X-server to run in bhyve guest

Victor Sudakov vas at sibptus.ru
Thu Dec 5 04:29:24 UTC 2019


Jason Tubnor wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-rwg at 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

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.


-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49 at fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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