Graham PerrinRE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116147031645056302
Not for you to solve, however the border issue might be reported by users of the desktop script.
Alfonso Siciliano@grahamperrin Is it qemu? Linux + qemu -> FreeBSD 15 release?
@alfonsosiciliano yes, Kubuntu 25.10.
The first of yesterday's three screenshots in BSD Cafe was 15.0-RELEASE-p4.
Virtual Machine Manager for QEMU.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1rgw58b/comment/o81qc3o/> today shows the workaround – choosing UEFI instead of BIOS when creating the machine. 14.4-RC1 for convenience because I'm heavily focused on the release candidate at the moment.
Thanks
@grahamperrin thanks for the report. Added qemu to the TODO, today I am working on VMware
@alfonsosiciliano thanks!
My gut feeling, which might be wrong (QEMU is very new to me): QEMU could be tricky – if the settings that are typical on, for example, Windows, macOS and Linux hosts differ substantially from settings that are typical for a FreeBSD 15 or 16 host.
I mean, don't let QEMU be a distraction.
In particular: I don't believe that the black borders problem should be solved, or worked around, by you, the Foundation, or the FreeBSD Project. It's probably reproducible without the desktop script …
@alfonsosiciliano confirmed:
– the bug is reproducible without the desktop script.
@grahamperrin ok, maybe qemu needs some extra packages or configuration. I haven't tried qemu yet, but I'll add it to my TODO list. (I've currently tried VirtualBox and VMware.)
@alfonsosiciliano I cross-posted to /r/qemu_kvm … tumbleweed.
<https://www.reddit.com/r/qemu_kvm/comments/1rm0u24/black_borders_top_and_bottom_overlapping_the/>
I might try Matrix next week.