diff --git a/repos/ports/ports/seoul.hash b/repos/ports/ports/seoul.hash
index 127b8cfd3..73893850d 100644
--- a/repos/ports/ports/seoul.hash
+++ b/repos/ports/ports/seoul.hash
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f9a8e04cc3b086d8cbdff95cd5fcd1f7a3fdaad7
+738b9e1298cbf6f99d9882c926cb6c102292c0f5
diff --git a/repos/ports/ports/seoul.port b/repos/ports/ports/seoul.port
index a08f1297c..e010a2687 100644
--- a/repos/ports/ports/seoul.port
+++ b/repos/ports/ports/seoul.port
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ VERSION   := git
 DOWNLOADS := seoul.git
 
 URL(seoul) := https://github.com/alex-ab/seoul.git
-# branch genode_virtualsmp
-REV(seoul) := 86c743a519abb87d3a729db07137222d836420a6
+# branch vbios
+REV(seoul) := 04dcb10ecf51463eebcc303e82eb900110a91aef
 DIR(seoul) := src/app/seoul
 
 #
diff --git a/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/console.cc b/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/console.cc
index e677ef35f..f0230a7d3 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/console.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/app/seoul/console.cc
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ bool Vancouver_console::receive(MessageConsole &msg)
 		/* XXX: For now, we only have one view. */
 	} else if (msg.type == MessageConsole::TYPE_GET_MODEINFO) {
 
+		enum {
+			MEMORY_MODEL_TEXT = 0,
+			MEMORY_MODEL_DIRECT_COLOR = 6,
+		};
+
 		/*
 		 * We supply two modes to the guest, text mode and one
 		 * configured graphics mode 16-bit.
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ bool Vancouver_console::receive(MessageConsole &msg)
 			msg.info->bytes_per_scanline = 80*2;
 			msg.info->bytes_scanline = 80*2;
 			msg.info->bpp = 4;
+			msg.info->memory_model = MEMORY_MODEL_TEXT;
 			msg.info->phys_base = 0xb8000;
 			msg.info->_phys_size = 0x8000;
 			return true;
@@ -159,6 +165,7 @@ bool Vancouver_console::receive(MessageConsole &msg)
 			msg.info->bytes_per_scanline = _fb_mode.width()*2;
 			msg.info->bytes_scanline = _fb_mode.width()*2;
 			msg.info->bpp = 16;
+			msg.info->memory_model = MEMORY_MODEL_DIRECT_COLOR;
 			msg.info->vbe1[0] = 0x5; /* red mask size */
 			msg.info->vbe1[1] = 0xb; /* red field position */
 			msg.info->vbe1[2] = 0x6; /* green mask size */