[vfio-users] Fwd: Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.

[Blank Field]

Windows 7 does have a valid EFI loader and seems like the setup supports
GOP, but the installed system doesn't support GOP so there's a black screen
at boot.
Using QXL is a temporary workaround until the driver is installed.
On Oct 17, 2015 6:06 PM, "Blank Field" <ihatethisfield at gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys, use the "reply all" button. Otherwise the conversation is private.
> On Oct 17, 2015 6:03 PM, "Matthew Kramara" <mattkramara at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
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>> From: Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:55 PM
>> Subject: Re: [vfio-users] Installing Catalyst prevents VM from booting.
>> To: A de Beus <anthony.debeus at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, the first thing I tried was not passing in the audio component and
>> only installing the display adapter driver since I remember those causing
>> issues with a lot of people.. no dice though.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:53 PM, A de Beus <anthony.debeus at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Win 7 works with OVMF.  As for the catalyst problem, try (1) not passing
>>> the audio, just the graphics part and (2) install the driver but not the
>>> CCC.
>>>
>>> Am also new to mailing lists, let me know if I'm clueless
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 17, 2015, at 6:52 AM, Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh god, really? I should have a windows 8 image laying around here
>>> somewhere, wow I'm stupid.. I'll try that and see if it works.
>>> Thanks for the heads up.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 9:43 PM, francesco dicarlo <
>>> evilsephiroth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I thought OVMF  was possible from windows 8+...
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something ?
>>>>
>>>> 2015-10-17 13:10 GMT+02:00 Matthew Kramara <mattkramara at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, I've never used a mailing list before so I'm sorry if I messed up
>>>>> the formatting or come off as rude or incompetent or anything like that..
>>>>>
>>>>> I've spent a few days going back and forth and retrying steps from
>>>>> various guides so I cant give a comprehensive description of my setup and
>>>>> everything I've done up to this point, but I'm running a 64bit Windows 7 VM
>>>>> using libvert, qemu, vfio-pci, and OMVF as per
>>>>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF.
>>>>> I've got the VM booting with the PCI device showing as a 'display
>>>>> adaptor' with a code 10 in the device manager, and when I try to install
>>>>> catalyst it currently reports the device as a hd7870 and the error code
>>>>> simply tells me to reboot before I can use the device. However on reboot
>>>>> windows 7 fails to restart until I do a system restore, even if I remove
>>>>> the PCI device from the VM using virt-manager.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd love some help or just directions to any previous cases that look
>>>>> the same.
>>>>> Thanks, Matt
>>>>>
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