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Questions tagged [gpu-passthrough]

GPU passthrough gives GPU direct access to the virtual machine so that you get almost full performance within the VM.

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GPU passthrough allows GPUs to appear and behave as if they were physically attached to the guest operating system (virtual machine) when using hypervisors like KVM and Xen.

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GPU passthrough works with UEFI firmware but not Windows iso

I am trying to set up a virtual machine with passthrough graphics. I am able to get the passthrough working for the UEFI shell, but not the official Windows installer. I can get the Windows installer to work, but only with emulated graphics This…
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Driver for GTX 1080 doesn't work on guest when using KVM PCI Passthrough

I believe we are running into a possible bug with the GTX 1080 (driver) and PCI Passthrough. My host is an Ubuntu 14.04 system. My guest is an Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 system (both do the same thing). I can see device inside the guest VM: $ lspci -vnn |…
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VirtualBox iGPU Passthrough

I followed this quick guide to enable PCI passthrough using KVM on Fedora, the main steps are: Enable IOMMU and Virtualization on the motherboard Prevent my device from being grabbed by a module during statup So far so good. dmesg| grep -i…
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Monitor plugged into integrated graphics but use dedicated graphics for rendering games

Is there a way to have the integrated graphics offload to the dedicated graphics card when I want to play a game? I want to leave the dedicated graphics card open for pass through to a Windows VM.
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KVM GPU Passthrough NVIDIA 660TI using Seabios

I'm using Debian 10 (Testing) with kernel 4.19.0-5_amd. I use KVM and I want to pass into my vm the NVIDIA GTX 660Ti graphics card which doesn't support UEFI. I have read a lot of tutorials about how to pass the secondary GPU on virtual machine but…
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Sharing GPU between host and guest

Is there a way to make both host and guest use a singular GPU without any paid software (vGPU)? Bonus points if it: Dynamically allocates GPU resources Works for AMD and Intel GPUS I have an nVidia GPU, a Linux host and a Windows guest. Perhaps a…
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Gnome hangs with VFIO gpu passthrough

On my computer, I have 2 discrete GPUs. I've been using VFIO to pass the second GPU to a Windows VM to work with some programs. Now I want to pass my more powerful first GPU to the Windows VM in order to play some games.(I can create a second…
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chrome: Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader

I'm trying to run headless Chrome in a container using Alpine Linux, I'm getting Passthrough is not supported, GL is swiftshader The commands to get this are pretty simple, podman run -ti alpine:3 /bin/sh <
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How to passthrough GPU in QEMU-KVM? Failing to start

I have tried countless guides and always ended up with the same result, so it's time I ask those who know what's going on. I have all virtualisation IOMMU etc enabled in my BIOS. I am running the VM without issues when not passing through the GPU,…
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An equivalent of Looking Glass where VM side runs Linux?

Looking Glass is an open source application that allows the use of a KVM configured with a passthrough GPU without an attached physical monitor, keyboard or mouse. In Looking Glass terminology, the host software is the term for the piece of Looking…
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Enabling Intel Integrated Graphics on CLEVO P775TM1-G for use as QEMU pass-through gpu

I'm wondering if it's possible to use my laptops i9-9900K's integrated gpu as a pass-through GPU for QEMU. The display in this laptop is directly connected to a RTX 2080, and is the only VGA device that shows up when running: > lspci | grep…
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Enabling IOMMU for Nvidia graphics card

I am trying to create GPU passthrough from ubuntu host to windows guest. I want to know if I could enable GPU passthrough on my laptop. I tried searching for boot options on link but all iommu options are related to AMD system. My system…
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Building Kata Containers kernel with GPU Support; .config file build not working due to lack of variables?

I am trying to follow the instructions here (https://github.com/kata-containers/documentation/blob/master/use-cases/Nvidia-GPU-passthrough-and-Kata.md) to build a Kata Containers kernel so I can enable GPU support on Kata Containers. I am trying to…
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Use passthrough GPU in KVM/QEMMU and display in host OS in a window

I'm new to KVM/QEMMU. I have used virtual box to run Windows 10 in a virtual machine on my Arch host system (a laptop with both integrated and discrete GPUs). Being dissatisfied with the video responsiveness of the guest machine I decided to assign…
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Failing to get vfio working on fedora - GPU passthrough qemu kvm

I am trying to setup a windows vm with gpu passthrough using qemu-kvm-vfio. I have been following the following guide to enable vfio to intercept the driver upon boot: https://laketide.com/setting-up-gpu-passthrough-with-kvm-on-fedora/ For some…
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