vm-bhyve virtualised FreeBSD 12 with graphics - which video driver to use?

N.J.Terry newton.ja.terry at gmail.com
Thu Nov 19 13:29:08 UTC 2020


On 18.11.20 20:09, Arthur Chance wrote:
> I'm trying to run FBSD 12 under vm-bhyve so I can try out various
> alternate graphical desktops without disrupting my real machine. Which
> video driver do I need to install to get Xorg to work?

You could try pass-through the hosts GPU to bhyve:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/bhyve-gpu-pass-through.70737

or use x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb:

https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/xorg-on-freebsd-based-vm-on-bhyve.70062/


> The vm is configured with UEFI boot and VNC graphics. The host system is
> amd64.
> 



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