Lars Engels wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> Deepl.com did a great job translating it:
A surprisingly good result for a machine translation!
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Victor Sudakov,
On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 06:23:16PM +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> 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
> >
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:
>
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> Jason Tubnor wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes
> >
> > 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
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> Jason Tubnor wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes
> >
> > 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
Jason Tubnor wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes
> 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
On Thu, 5 Dec 2019 at 12:32, Rodney W. Grimes
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
> Victor Sudakov wrote:
> >
> > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> > this console as a monitor.
> >
> > Thank you for the hint, Rodney!
>
> Nope, would not run for me in the VNC console (see below). Did you do
> anything special?
>
>
Patrick M. Hausen wrote on 2019/12/03 16:32:
Hi all,
Am 03.12.2019 um 16:27 schrieb Rodney W. Grimes :
I am not sure you actuall need an EFI partition in that situation, but
you may want one, and that is a missing feature of bsdinstall.
Are you possibly missing the point that Victor is
Hi all,
> Am 03.12.2019 um 16:27 schrieb Rodney W. Grimes
> :
> I am not sure you actuall need an EFI partition in that situation, but
> you may want one, and that is a missing feature of bsdinstall.
Are you possibly missing the point that Victor is talking about
FreeBSD *in* bhyve which
> Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on
> > > > > GPT+UEFI.
> > > > > Fine, let's install on ZFS.
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean GPT+UFS?
> > >
> > > I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created
Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > >
> > > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> > > this console as a monitor.
> > >
> > > Thank you for the hint, Rodney!
> >
> > Nope, would not run for me in the VNC console (see below). Did you do
> > anything special?
>
> pkg add
Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on GPT+UEFI.
> > > > Fine, let's install on ZFS.
> > >
> > > Do you mean GPT+UFS?
> >
> > I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created and
> > populated by the
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> Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>
> [dd]
>
> >
> > >
> > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on GPT+UEFI.
> > > Fine, let's install on ZFS.
> >
> > Do you mean GPT+UFS?
>
> I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created
Patrick M. Hausen wrote:
> >
> > Paul Webster wrote:
> >> Use dummy video driver and tightvnc, launch the vnc server as a normal
> >> user then connect with a VNC client from the outside,
> >
> > Connect to what?
>
> Xvnc ;-)
>
> At least that's what I figure he suggests. Start a virtual
Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
[dd]
>
> >
> > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on GPT+UEFI.
> > Fine, let's install on ZFS.
>
> Do you mean GPT+UFS?
I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created and
populated by the installer, alongside with the UFS
> On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 12:23:55AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
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> > > Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> > > > this console as a monitor.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for the hint,
Hi all,
> Am 03.12.2019 um 09:45 schrieb Victor Sudakov :
>
> Paul Webster wrote:
>> Use dummy video driver and tightvnc, launch the vnc server as a normal
>> user then connect with a VNC client from the outside,
>
> Connect to what?
Xvnc ;-)
At least that's what I figure he suggests.
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 12:23:55AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
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> > Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > >
> > > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> > > this console as a monitor.
> > >
> > > Thank you for the hint, Rodney!
> >
> >
Paul Webster wrote:
>Use dummy video driver and tightvnc, launch the vnc server as a normal
>user then connect with a VNC client from the outside,
Connect to what?
> or alternatively use the dummy video driver directly
Is it useful for testing desktop environments (see my original
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> Victor Sudakov wrote:
> >
> > Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> > this console as a monitor.
> >
> > Thank you for the hint, Rodney!
>
> Nope, would not run for me in the VNC console (see below). Did you do
> anything
> Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote:
> > > > On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > > > If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in
> > > > > a
> > > > > FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or
> > > > > rdp
> >
Victor Sudakov wrote:
>
> Fine, I will experiment with that. Maybe Gnome or xfce will recognize
> this console as a monitor.
>
> Thank you for the hint, Rodney!
Nope, would not run for me in the VNC console (see below). Did you do
anything special?
/usr/local/bin/startxfce4: Starting X server
Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote:
> > > On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > > If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
> > > > FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp
> > > > access, or whatever?) would
On 2019-12-01 18:51, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
You do not need the Video BIOS patch for a FreeBSD guest.
Fair enough. For some reason I thought the UEFI implementation had a
more limited set of display resolutions, but I have never tested it.
It was just my luck to start with the single Linux
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> Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote:
> > On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
> > > FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp
> > > access, or whatever?) would
Henrik Gulbrandsen wrote:
> On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
> > FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp
> > access, or whatever?) would you advise?
>
> This will work with the
On 2019-12-01 06:35, Victor Sudakov wrote:
If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp
access, or whatever?) would you advise?
This will work with the normal X server and bhyve's built-in VNC if
Jason Barbier wrote:
> honestly,
> I just use remmina after enabling the vnc console on the guest, works like a
> charm every time
This may work for me too.
But how do you enable the vnc console on a FreeBSD guest? I boot my
FreeBSD guests with bhyveload, which does not have a vnc console.
honestly,
I just use remmina after enabling the vnc console on the guest, works like a
charm every time
Sent from my a tiny pocket computer.
> On Nov 30, 2019, at 22:13, Victor Sudakov wrote:
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
>
Loyd Craft wrote:
> I like Xephyr…. It’s a software framebuffer for X11...
So it can pretend to be a local X-server (i.e. :0) in a bhyve guest?
> But you need a X server and SSH X11 forwarding on your local machine.
Xephyr is an X-server and X-client at the same time, correct? Then I can
Dear Colleagues,
If I were to test different desktop environments (gnome, xfce etc) in a
FreeBSD guest in bhyve, what X server (probably with vnc access, or rdp
access, or whatever?) would you advise?
I actually want to see the *local* graphical desktop of a guest, not just
X-clients forwarded
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