vnc support in bhyve - FreeNAS 9.10.2.-U1

[biGdada]

hi guys.
i'm trying to install a win10 vm on bhyve using iohyve.
somehow i got an impression that vnc console is supposed to work, but i'm getting a black screen when i'm trying to connect.

these are the commands i'm using:

Code:

iohyve create win10 16G
iohyve set win10 loader=uefi ram=1024M vnc_ip=0.0.0.0 cpu=2 vnc=YES vnc_port=5900 vnc_wait=YES vnc_tablet=YES
iohyve set win10 bargs="-H -w"
iohyve set win10 fw=BHYVE_UEFI.fd
iohyve install win10 Windows.iso

is it even supposed to work or should I wait for FreeNAS 10?

 

[m0nkey_]

FreeBSD 10.3 which FreeNAS 9.10 is based on, does not currently support VGA consoles.

 

[biGdada]

FreeBSD 10.3 which FreeNAS 9.10 is based on, does not currently support VGA consoles.

what about last nightly?
it's based on FreeBSD 11.0-STABLE (FreeNAS.amd64), and still vga console doesnt work

 

[dlavigne]

Please create a ticket at bugs.freenas.org and post the issue number here. In the ticket, use a "Seen In" of "Master - FreeNAS Nightlies", an "Assignee" of "Marcelo Araujo", and indicate that it still does not work.

 

[biGdada]

Please create a ticket at bugs.freenas.org and post the issue number here. In the ticket, use a "Seen In" of "Master - FreeNAS Nightlies", an "Assignee" of "Marcelo Araujo", and indicate that it still does not work.

Issue #21191 created.

 

[biGdada]

Issue #21191 created.

Kris Moore just closed this ticket, probably by mistake.
what should i do next?

 

[m0nkey_]

Please create a ticket at bugs.freenas.org and post the issue number here. In the ticket, use a "Seen In" of "Master - FreeNAS Nightlies", an "Assignee" of "Marcelo Araujo", and indicate that it still does not work.

@dlavigne, Kris has closed the ticket, thinking it was FN10. I have left a comment asking to re-evaluate the bug ticket.

 

[filipole]

Just had a go at Win10 installation on the latest 9.10 Nighty and Windows installation works without any problems
Steps are simple:
1. Create ZVOL for the VM disk (I had SPARSE tick on, not sure if block size need to be changed - I left on default 16k)
2. Create VM
3. Modify VNC device setting port
4. Add Disk device pointing to created earlier ZVOL
5. Add CDROM device pointing to Windows iso image
6. Start VM
7. Connect with VNC - if you fast enough, you can press "any button" to boot from CDROM, if not you drop to Shell; type "exit", Select CDROM as boot device; Continue and press "any key" to boot from CDROM
8. After the first part of install complete, VM stops. Change CDROM device to point to null iso and start VM again to continue with Windows install

 

[biGdada]

That's great, but I was talking about 9.10.2-U1 and iohyve and not nightly with its new VM tab.

 

[biGdada]

FYI, vnc works in iohyve on 9.10.2-U2.
i had a dodgy firmware. (UEFI).