Re: [Xen-users] Multiseat desktop virtualization using Xen/XenServer

[John Sherwood <jrs@xxxxxx>]

It should be pretty straightforward with Xen; I had good luck with a similar setup involving Xen 4.1 and CentOS 5 some years back.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Bernhard Friedreich <friesoft@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

I've been searching for quite some time how to satisfy the following usecase:

* One big rig

* User 1: me using some Linux

* User 2: my wife using Windows

* both users should have acceptable 3D performance for playing games (gpu passthrough)

* each user has it's own monitor (User 1 should have dualscreen) and keyboard/mouse

Best case would be turning the machine on first boots Dom0. Once it is booted all installed VMs are automatically started and start on the assigned gpu output (monitor 0 on gpu 0 for me, monitor 1 on gpu 1 for my wife) with the configured devices assigned (usb keyboard/usb mouse).

The machine:

* Intel Core i7 4771

* 16GB RAM

* Intel Graphics 4600 for Dom0

* NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti for Guest 1

* NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti for Guest 2 (not yet bought)

I've tried XenServer which I found to be pretty cool (small Dom0 with nice managemnt console on the host) but I couldn't get the console to start displaying anything directly on the host (without connecting through VNC/...). GPU Passthrough was working though :)

Is such a setup possible with Xen? If not: is it possible at all with any other (free) software?

Any help is appreciated :)

Thanks & Bye,

Bernhard Friedreich

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