Re: running Xorg in VM (qemu)

[beaker%sdf.org@localhost (beaker)]

"Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml%metux.net@localhost> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm struggling with getting Xorg running on Netbsd-10.1 inside an Qemu
> VM (host is gnu/linux).
>
> <snip>
>
> What puzzles me: it doesn't seem to try any different driver than
> modesetting (even though vesa and wsfb drivers are there)
>
> Do I need some extra configuration here ?

I regularly run NetBSD in a VM on Debian via Gnome Boxes which
functions as an GUI interface to qemu.  You might try setting up
your cow2 VM that way initially then look through the associated
troubleshooting log and configuration file (under Preferences) to
see how qemu is being run.

Regarding X11 display drivers I *think* you may be limited to
whatever wsfb(4) is loading, or possibly vesa(4).  On my current
amd64 VM I do have vesa selected in /boot.cfg but ../Xorg.0.log
still shows it as getting unloaded and "fb" being used.

-B