Re: VNC Viewer on Windows: Unable to access VMs GUI

From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:47:09 UTC
-s 3,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:59 <http://0.0.0.0:5915>*15*,w=1600,h=950 \
-s 10,virtio-net,tap*15* \
*vm15* < /dev/null & sleep 2 && vncviewer *0:15*

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:19 PM Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hellos,
>
> When I was still on FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE I was able to access some Linux
> VMs GUI using VNC Viewer on my Windows PC.
> After I upgraded to 14-RELEASE, this changed: I can connect to the VMs,
> but the GUI desktop is frozen. The mouse cursor isn't moving at all and the
> Desktop doesn't load like before.
> I start all my VMs the same way:
>
> bhyve -c N -m NG -w -H \
> -s 0,hostbridge \
> -s 4,virtio-blk,/usr/local/bhyve-vms/DISTRONAME/distroname.img \
> -s 5,virtio-net,tapN \
> -s 8,hda,play=/dev/dsp,rec=/dev/dsp \
> -s 29,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:59XX,w=1680,h=1050 \
> -s 30,xhci,tablet \
> -s 31,lpc -l com1,stdio \
> -l bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd \
> distroname
>
> I would then connect to a.b.c.d:59xx using VNC Viewer and I'd get the
> Linux/Windows Desktop.
> Not anymore!
>
> Is there something I need to do to fix the issue?
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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>


-- 
Mario.