FreeNAS 11 - bhyve VM Screen resolution - Ubuntu 17 Desktop limited to 1024 x 768

[HeloJunkie]

I am running FreeNAS-11.0-U1 (aa82cc58d) and I have installed Ubuntu 17 as a VM and have it running great.

I installed VNC Connect on the guest as this is what we use internally. Works great, my team sees it, but unfortunately, I am only able to get 1024 x 768 out of the screen resolution.

My VM instance is running 8GB RAM and 50GB HD. I tried bumping the RAM up but to no avail.

Hopefully, I am missing something simple, or am I forever stuck at 1024 x 786?

Any ideas on breaking the 1024 x 768 barrier...?


Thanks


[System Config]
EMC Isilon SuperMicro X8DT6-A Motherboard
2 x Intel Xeon E5603 4 Core Processors
96GB (12 x 8GB) DDR3 PC10600 (1333) REG ECC Memory
2 x SanDisk 8GB SATADOM Boot Drives (Mirrored)
LSI SAS3081E-R w/Expander
36 x 3TB 7200RPM Hitachi HDS72303 Hard Drives
4 x 9 Drive RAIDZ2 VDEVs
Dual 1200 Watt Gold Power Supplies
Chelsio T580-SO-CR Dual 40Gbe NIC (Replication Connection to primary FreeNAS server)
Chelsio T520-SO-CR Dual 10Gbe NIC (Data connection to Plex server & media management server)
APC Smart-UPS RT 3000
FreeNAS-11.0-U1 (aa82cc58d)

 

[scrappy]

I'm pretty sure 1024x768 is the current resolution limit for now with bhyve.

 

[HeloJunkie]

Thanks @scrappy

I had thought it was 1920 x 1200 based on the post and this post.

Is this not the same bhyve that we are running under FN11?

Thanks!

 

[Stux]

Thanks @scrappy

I had thought it was 1920 x 1200 based on the post and this post.

Is this not the same bhyve that we are running under FN11?

Thanks!

Don't think the resolution support has been hooked up to the UI yet. Feature Request?

 

[dlavigne]

Coming in 11.1: https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/23894.

 

[HeloJunkie]

@dlavigne Thanks. I do want to make sure that I am talking about the right thing here.

I AM NOT talking about using VNC to connect to the VM console used for doing the install, etc. I am talking about using Real VNC Connect running in the VM itself to connect to the desktop of installed and running instance of Ubuntu 17 Desktop.

Since I do not know much about how bhyve (and VMs in general) manage hardware, I just wanted to make sure I was explaining it correctly. Once I installed the Ubuntu desktop, I no longer VNC to the IP address of my FreeNAS server but rather the IP address of my installed VNC Connect (the cloud based service) and that is where my resolution issue is right now.

Will the update you linked to in 11.1 (23894) fix this issue as well? Is it all part of the overall screen resolution of the VM itself?

Thanks

 

[dlavigne]

@dlavigne Will the update you linked to in 11.1 (23894) fix this issue as well? Is it all part of the overall screen resolution of the VM itself? Thanks

I think so, but won't know for sure until the fix is available and we have a chance to try it out.