[Bug 300140] VESA/Video/Whatever is all messed up when using SeaBIOS

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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:28:13 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=300140

            Bug ID: 300140
           Summary: VESA/Video/Whatever is all messed up when using
                    SeaBIOS
           Product: Base System
           Version: 15.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: amd64
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bhyve
          Assignee: virtualization@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: nine-ball@tutanota.com

Created attachment 276556
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=276556&action=edit
photos of both machines i tested. Compressed to hell (jpeg quality 8, no
arithmetic coding)

Hello. I got a bunch of thinkpads running Coreboot 26.09, one running 26.03.

On the x230t (running 26.03) it loads video but it's all messed up. I don't see
anything on the T480.

They both have the "can't find {'/etc/hostid','/boot/entropy'}" error messages
when I boot into installer.

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