Need X-server to run in bhyve guest

[Victor Sudakov]

Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > 
> > Now I'd like to concentrate on the question how to start a graphical
> > desktop environment in a bhyve guest.
> 
> Ok, found the issue, or atleast a work around... scfb is not probing correctly,
> so create:
> 	/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/driver-scfb.conf
> With this in it:
> 
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier    "Card0"
>      Driver        "scfb"
> EndSection
> 
> Your x11 should then work fine....  I tested with xfce

Great, it works! I confirm it working with xfce and gdm (from gnome3).

Had to set xhci_mouse="no", which means that the mouse pointer in the VM
is not quite in sync with the real mouse pointer, but the GUI starts all
right!

Thank you, I think I can start testing various DEs. I've created a small
how-to in Russian: https://victor-sudakov.dreamwidth.org/487181.html

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