[vfio-users] Thinking about managing VMs with a macro pad & scripts

2018-10-28 Thread Daniel Browne
My host OS is Ubuntu server running headless with a Win7 VM and a Xubuntu VM as desktops (both have a dedicated GPU). Mouse and keyboard are passed through to Windows so that I can use the logitech software to configure them. I use Synergy to share the kb/mouse with the Linux VM. Generally this wor

Re: [vfio-users] Dynamic USB assignment between VMs

2017-01-20 Thread Daniel Browne
as to get a USB > switch, plugged into dedicated USB ports on each vm. Then when I need to > switch, I just hit a button on the switch and it switches which VM they are > plugged into. They run about $25 on Amazon if I recall correctly. > > On Jan 20, 2017 10:30 AM, "Daniel Browne

[vfio-users] Dynamic USB assignment between VMs

2017-01-20 Thread Daniel Browne
Hi folks, I'm working on setting up my main desktop as a headless hypervisor with desktop OSs running in VMs. Currently I have two guests up and running, Win 7 and Ubuntu. I'm passing through my keyboard and mouse to Windows in order to be able to take advantage of the official configuration tools

Re: [vfio-users] Linux guest passthrough

2017-01-17 Thread Daniel Browne
Works perfectly now! Thank you Alex! Thanks, Daniel On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 11:18 PM, Alex Williamson < alex.l.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 8:54 PM, Daniel Browne > wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> I've got a new Fedora 25 host setup and

[vfio-users] Linux guest passthrough

2017-01-17 Thread Daniel Browne
Hi guys, I've got a new Fedora 25 host setup and I am attempting to get an Ubuntu 16.40 guest running with VGA passthrough. On the guest, I've installed the official nvidia driver via the Ubuntu drivers tool. The nvidia driver loads, but xorg.log shows the error "failed to initialize glx extension

Re: [vfio-users] GPU Pass-through for Linux guest

2016-05-01 Thread Daniel Browne
After some more research on using q35 and ioh3420 I have what I believe to be a correct setup in libvirt. However, the same problem persists. xubuntu:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller 00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Red Hat, Inc. QXL parav

[vfio-users] GPU Pass-through for Linux guest

2016-05-01 Thread Daniel Browne
I'm working on testing a setup where all of my 'desktops' are VMs, however I am running into issues getting GPU pass-through functioning correctly on a Linux guest. Host OS is Ubuntu Server 16.04 Guest is Xubuntu 16.04 These errors in the guests xorg log show something isn't working correctly, bu

Re: [vfio-users] VFIO and ARCH ?

2016-05-01 Thread Daniel Browne
The first time I started playing with VFIO I was using Manjaro. It worked well, the arch instructions should work for you. On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 11:49 AM, thibaut noah wrote: > There a some arch users on the mailing list, do you have a specific > question? > I assume manjaro runs arch default r

[vfio-users] SB X-Fi Titanium passthrough

2016-02-08 Thread Daniel Browne
Hello, I have a Win7 x64 Pro guest on a Fedora 22 host. Using VFIO-PCI to pass through my graphics and audio cards. I'm managing my VMs through VMM. It's been up and running for months mostly successfully except for one stupid little problem I haven't been able to solve. I've been attempting to g