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    Can i pass onboard gpu's through to VM clients as well as Dedicated ones?

    Hi there Im relatively new to the whole pass through aspect of proxmox (and enjoying it too i might add). To that end ive upgraded my old Dell Latitude Micro setup to a Dell precision setup with an A2000 gpu. And, to that end thats the above question...can i pass through the onboard card as...
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    ProxMox power management.

    As above. Ive just replaced my "starter" system which was an Optiplex 3050, 32gb, wireless, bluetooth, 500gb SSD and a 2TB sata drive. Running a couple of VMs (Home assistant and PiHole resulted in a 7w idle power draw which was insanely brilliant. Ive upgraded to a Dell Precision 3260 Compact...
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    Nvidia P4 half height

    As above im going to up the hardware soon for my proxmox build....going from a micro optiplex to the mid size. Im based in the uk and i want to go full on with the 3d card part of proxmox now ive managed to get the onboard intel passed over and can see the benefits. Electricity here is very...
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    Ubuntu VM's console black screen?

    Hi there. First and foremost many thanks to ProxMox Chris for the very prompt reply to my last post - cheers sir.! :) Now ive got my 2 VM's up and running with fixed ip's - Ubuntu server both patched up to latest version. Initially i installed the gui as i still need that as im still...
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    Ubuntu server fixed ip. No network card in VM

    Thats the idea! - i use it at home all the time now...just about to upgrade to a larger box with a Tesla p4 as i managed to get the passthrough working to from the onboard intel gpu so want to explore the gpu stuff more now...many thanks.
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    Ubuntu server fixed ip. No network card in VM

    Hi Chris....thanks for the very prompt reply!. I think i have it working...i ran through the server setup but instead of letting dhcp run i went and added the ip stuff manually. So its working but at the top right if i click on the power button i see the network but it says "wired unmanaged" is...
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    Ubuntu server fixed ip. No network card in VM

    Hi - as above....this could be simple for some...! (hopefully) So first and foremost this is sitting in an environment that has no DHCP server running so i need a fixed ip from the word go.....if i create a 20.04 server install (leave the networking untouched) start the server up....im still...
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    GPU passthrough to linux client.

    Found the answer to my question. You have to create a dummy adaptor....im on Fedora so heres what worked for me.... sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-dummy This line didnt work....but here it is anyway... sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak I had to chmod the X11 folder but then...
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    GPU passthrough to linux client.

    Hi there. As above this could be simple for some to answer (i hope) First and foremost im running a small system (an optiplex 3050, i5, 32gb, 2.5tb's worth of space. Ive got the gpu passthrough working (intel 630 graphics) and that is tied to a windows vm (all good) I appreciate its only a...
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    Proxmox noob asking a simple question....(intel/iommu)

    Brilliant - all questions answered! - up to me now to make a decision on "going up a size" to take advantage of the gpu stuff now...! many thanks again!
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    Proxmox noob asking a simple question....(intel/iommu)

    Ah - great so remove the gpu in the hardware settings, get the console back, fix and then re-add?
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    Proxmox noob asking a simple question....(intel/iommu)

    Brilliant - thanks very much.....now ive got it working and i can see the benefits of it...im thinking of going up a level to a slightly larger box (mines a usff) model (a really small one!) - so might go up a size so i can get a half height card in there - now i know that ups the power (im in...
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    Proxmox noob asking a simple question....(intel/iommu)

    As above - ive been using it a little while and im a convert (love it!) Ive just got the iommu stuff working (optiplex 3050) with on board intel 630 graphics. Now its working to make sure ive got it all right ive got a few general questions...(this is win11 vm related) i think 1. VNC (real...
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    Trouble creating disk pool

    Its changed the state of 4 of the discs to "ZFS" but two are still as unknown - so im guessing some sort of hard/forcefull removal of the partition of the remaining 2....
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    Trouble creating disk pool

    If i push through and try to create the pool with all the 2tb discs i get this... command '/sbin/zpool create -o 'ashift=12' Pool mirror /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c50034649a5b /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c500344f7f5f mirror /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-35000c5003485be4b...
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    Trouble creating disk pool

    Hi - Theres no newbie/intro area so ill make it here along with my question.....just so you can all guage how thick i am...! :) Recently bought an R720 for home use - a learning tool if you will. Work in IT but never get any exposure to this kinda stuff so thought i would take it upon myself to...