All you need to know about PCI passthrough in Windows 11 virtual machines on Ubuntu 22.04 based distributions
Beginner-friendly PCI passthrough guide for Windows 11 virtual machines, on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS based distributions.
Category: Passthrough
Virtual machines with PCI passthrough on Ubuntu 20.04, straightforward guide for gaming on a virtual machine
Preamble The direct way to a PCI passthrough virtual machines on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I try limit changes of the host operating system to a minimum, but provide enough details, that even Linux rookies are able to participate. The final system will run Xubuntu 20.04 as host operating system(OS), and Windows 10 2004 as guest […]
Troubleshooting – Known issues, bugs and common quirks of KVM QEMU virtual machines with gpu passthrough
Hardware Error “Unknown PCI header type ‘127’ “ Attention! The ASUS Prime x370/x470/x570 pro BIOS versions for AMD RYZEN 3000-series support (version 4602 – version 5220), will break a PCI passthrough setup. Error “Unknown PCI header type ‘127’“. BIOS versions up to (and including) 4406, 2019/03/11 are working. BIOS versions from (and including) 5406, 2019/11/25 […]
How to update QEMU on Ubuntu
Ubuntu 18.04 ships with QEMU version 2.11. If you want to use a newer version, 4.1 in my case, you can build it on your own. In case you are using Libvirt qith QEMU, keep in mind that you might need to update Libvirt as well. The easiest way to update QEMU and Libvirt, is […]
Beginner friendly guide to windows virtual machines with GPU passthrough on Ubuntu 18.04; or how to play competitive games in a virtual machine.
Preamble The intent of this document is to provide a complete, step-by-step guide on how to setup a virtual machine(VM) with graphics cards(GPU) passthrough – detailed enough that even Linux rookies are able to participate. The final system will run Xubuntu 18.04 as host operating system(OS), and Windows 10 as guest OS, considering gaming as […]
Comprehensive guide to performance optimizations for gaming on virtual machines with KVM/QEMU and PCI passthrough
Preamble This guide describes performance optimizations for gaming on a virtual machine (VM) with GPU passthrough. In order to optimize the user experience for virtualized gaming, I started to pursue low latency and high performance. Especially since my main focus are demanding online multiplayer games. The Benchmarking Process I started benchmarking several setups (found on […]
Fighting error 43 – Nvidia GPU in a virtual machine
The infamous error 43 is triggered by the Nvidia Windows driver, in case it recognizes the GPU is used inside a virtual machine with GPU passthrough. This means the driver won’t load correctly during the system startup leaving you with cumbersome 800 by 600 display resolution. Update: With Nvidia driver v465 (or later) Nvidia officially […]
Virtual machine audio setup – or how to get pulse audio working
In this post, I compare several options of how to get the sound output from an KVM virtual machine guest, back into the host. I will compare spice server, pulse audio and a hardware solution. The Host runs an Asus Xonar DGX 5.1 PCIE sound card. In any case – harmonize sample rates of host […]
AMD Ryzen based passthrough setup between (X)Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10
Preamble The intent of this document is to provide a complete, step-by-step guide on how to setup a virtual machine(VM) with graphics cards(GPU) passthrough – detailed enough that even Linux rookies are able to participate. The final system will run Xubuntu 16.04 as host operating system(OS), and Windows 10 as guest OS, considering gaming as […]
USB-device passthrough setup for virtual machines
Still in draft version Several options exist for device passthrough Passthrough a complete USB controller and use an USB switch use a second mouse and keyboard virtual devices synergy Using USB controller to passthrough lspci -nn | grep USB 01:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Device [1022:43b9] (rev 02) 06:00.0 USB controller […]