UEFI GOP: screen goes blank during boot after loader is finished

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> I'm just getting started using bhyve (on a 13-CURRENT host from Oct 28), and 
> for the work I'm doing need to use UEFI. However, I'm finding that when booting 
> FreeBSD 12.0-BETA4 the screen goes blank as FreeBSD takes over the console 
> after the loader is finished.
> 
> The command I'm running is:
> 
> sudo bhyve -A -P -c 2 -H -m 4G -s 0:0,hostbridge -s 31:0,lpc -s 2,ahci-
> cd,FreeBSD-12.0-BETA4-amd64-disc1.iso -s 
> 29,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:5900,w=800,h=600,wait -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-
> firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd -u vm5
> 
> Am I missing something, or has something broken in -CURRENT or 12.0-BETA4?

Since you are using uefi and specifying a graphics console with tcp=,wait
your vm is waiting for a vnc connection to port 5900 to display the
console.


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org