I found the answer to the "login prompt in virt-manager window" question: The preconfigured console was a serial console, which is of no use for me. I had to add a virtio console.
Am 02.07.2016 um 10:53 schrieb Cepheus: > Am 30.06.2016 um 18:39 schrieb Alex Williamson: >> I don't see that you're doing anything about hiding KVM. >> >> <features> >> ... >> <kvm> >> <hidden state='on'/> >> </kvm> >> ... >> </features> > > > Thank you. Unfortunately, the driver still fails to initialize. The vm > "test9" did not start again after I changed kernel params "vmalloc=512M" > and later reverted the change. > A new vm "test10" with the above kvm "hidden" state behaves nearly > identical. There is not "not supported by ..." message in Xorg.0.log. > But the following: > > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at > PCI:0:5:0. Please > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): check your system's kernel log for > additional error > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: > Common Problems in the > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): README for additional information. > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA > graphics device! > [ 11.106] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0 > > > The dmesg messages look similar. The numbers are different: > > [ 4.376541] NVRM: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x2c:0x59:1159) > [ 4.376913] NVRM: rm_init_adapter failed for device bearing minor > number 0 > > Additional questions: With "test9", I did have a login prompt in the > machine's virt-manager window on the host desktop. This was due to the > console device. With "test10", I also did leave the console device in > there, but I only get some text junk instead of a login prompt. This is > no showstopper - I enabled ssh in the guest - but I would like to know > what the reason for the difference is. Guest is Ubuntu 16.04 in both cases. > > If the guest does not come up - no ping reply, no ssh - what is the best > way to know what's happening? I do not want the guest to have SPICE > graphics to not confuse the guest which display to use - output shall be > the passed through nvidia card. > > Thanks > Kai > > _______________________________________________ > vfio-users mailing list > vfio-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users > > _______________________________________________ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users
