I've been reading through virtualization posts trying to understand if I can ... or how ... get video pass through with only 1 video card.
I've been using Virtualbox ... and it's pretty good since I'm not a gamer, but I'd like better performance for 3D apps. So I'd like to try KVM or XEN, but don't know if my new machine can do it ... since I don't have 2 video cards. I do have AMD virtualization, can enable both it and IOMMU on the motherboard's bios, and have an extra sound card. But I have no onboard video. So until I get another, I only have one graphics card, that I've been using with OpenGL.
Also... I did try to install proprietary drivers, but wound up with a black screen. I probably did something wrong, since I haven't used proprietary drivers since Ubuntu 8.10. I read a lot of help pages, and some things helped... but some just got me completely lost. Where should a virtualization beginner really start?
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SPECS:
AMD-FX8350
Asrock 970 Extreme4
Asus Radeon HD 6450
8 gigs RAM
UbuntuStudio 14.04
I've been using Virtualbox ... and it's pretty good since I'm not a gamer, but I'd like better performance for 3D apps. So I'd like to try KVM or XEN, but don't know if my new machine can do it ... since I don't have 2 video cards. I do have AMD virtualization, can enable both it and IOMMU on the motherboard's bios, and have an extra sound card. But I have no onboard video. So until I get another, I only have one graphics card, that I've been using with OpenGL.
Also... I did try to install proprietary drivers, but wound up with a black screen. I probably did something wrong, since I haven't used proprietary drivers since Ubuntu 8.10. I read a lot of help pages, and some things helped... but some just got me completely lost. Where should a virtualization beginner really start?
Code:
$ glxinfo | grep "direct rendering"
direct rendering: YesCode:
$ lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM]
01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 6400 Series]----
SPECS:
AMD-FX8350
Asrock 970 Extreme4
Asus Radeon HD 6450
8 gigs RAM
UbuntuStudio 14.04