diff --git a/blank-32g.qcow2 b/blank-32g.qcow2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a6b785
Binary files /dev/null and b/blank-32g.qcow2 differ
diff --git a/blank-vars.fd b/blank-vars.fd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73f3cf1
Binary files /dev/null and b/blank-vars.fd differ
diff --git a/patch.sh b/patch.sh
index 1d26f31..4af53ad 100644
--- a/patch.sh
+++ b/patch.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,25 @@ p.write_text(s.replace(old, new, 1))
 print("patched shepherd-1.0 origin with starting-message patch")
 PY
 
+# Make connman verbose: run it with --debug and send its output to the console
+# instead of /var/log/connman.log, so a networking hang explains itself.
+python3 - "$SRC" <<'PY'
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+p = Path(sys.argv[1]) / "gnu/services/networking.scm"
+s = p.read_text()
+old = '"--nodnsproxy"'
+new = '"--nodnsproxy" "--debug"'
+assert s.count(old) == 1, f"expected one --nodnsproxy, found {s.count(old)}"
+s = s.replace(old, new, 1)
+old2 = '#:log-file "/var/log/connman.log"'
+new2 = '#:log-file "/dev/console"'
+assert s.count(old2) == 1, f"expected one connman.log, found {s.count(old2)}"
+s = s.replace(old2, new2, 1)
+p.write_text(s)
+print("patched connman to be verbose on the console")
+PY
+
 # Sign the patched tree as an orphan commit (no parent), so that guix pull's
 # clone never tries to fetch the pinned commit's absent parent.
 gpg --batch --import /workspace/keys/private.key >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 67bf644..c9b34ad 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ exec qemu-system-aarch64 \
   -drive if=virtio,format=qcow2,file=/Users/morkswork/Downloads/guix-install-aarch64-linux.qcow2 \
   -drive if=virtio,format=qcow2,file="$DIR/blank-32g.qcow2" \
   -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci \
+  -display none -serial stdio -monitor none \
   "$@"