diff --git a/iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot b/iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot
index dee4cca..75a105a 100644
--- a/iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot
+++ b/iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ xorg
 xinit
 xterm
 chromium
+xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
 
 # Firmware
 firmware-linux-free
diff --git a/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-desktop.service b/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-desktop.service
deleted file mode 100644
index ab5568f..0000000
--- a/iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-desktop.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Bee: local desktop (openbox + chromium)
-After=bee-web.service
-Wants=bee-web.service
-
-[Service]
-User=bee
-Environment=DISPLAY=:0
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/bee-desktop
-Restart=on-failure
-RestartSec=3
-StandardOutput=journal
-StandardError=journal
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/iso/overlay/home/bee/.profile b/iso/overlay/home/bee/.profile
index ecd1535..eced4a6 100644
--- a/iso/overlay/home/bee/.profile
+++ b/iso/overlay/home/bee/.profile
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+
+# On tty1 (IPMI KVM console): start X desktop directly on VT1
+# so the KVM shows the graphical UI without switching VTs.
+if [ "$(tty 2>/dev/null)" = "/dev/tty1" ] \
+    && [ -z "${DISPLAY:-}" ]; then
+    exec startx /usr/local/bin/bee-openbox-session -- :0 vt1 -nolisten tcp
+fi
diff --git a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-desktop b/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-desktop
deleted file mode 100755
index c66c430..0000000
--- a/iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Start X11 + openbox + chromium for the local operator console.
-# Runs as the bee user on display :0.
-exec startx /usr/local/bin/bee-openbox-session -- :0 -nolisten tcp