GPU Passthrough for Windows 10 VM

Technical Help
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Background

I am using a Lambda TensorBook to do 3D modeling for my company, running Ubuntu 18.04. Unfortunately a 3rd Party software requires Windows 10 or MacOS and needs to have OpenGL 4.3+ installed to run properly. I have set up a Windows 10 VM using KVM virt-Manager, that works pretty well, but I think I need to set up GPU pass-through for the software to properly visualize my data/models. I am wondering if there are any suggestions on how to do this. I have already installed mesa3D on my host but the software still doesn’t run properly on my guest VM. I have seen a few how-to’s, but they are generally more along the lines of running a VM for gaming purposes.

Issue

I need OpenGL 4.3+ to be accessible on a Windows 10 VM running through KVM virt-Manager. I have already installed Mesa3D on my host, Ubuntu 18.04, but still not able to run the 3rd party software on my windows 10 VM.

Any suggestions/help is appreciated

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This is really quite tricky to get working and usually involves running a script that would prevent your system from actually displaying anything in your host OS which is probably a non-starter if you’re running Ubuntu. My suggestion would be to try to do a dual boot w/ Windows. I would highly recommend that you do that dual boot on two separate drives though!

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Hey thanks for the reply. That is really helpful. I’m not familiar with how to set up dual-boot systems, and while there are lots of articles on the web about dual booting, could you recommend a few walk-throughs to help me get started? Thanks.

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It’s actually really difficult to set up a dual boot like that — I don’t have a good tutorial off the top of my head that’s easy to follow. The ArchLinux wiki has a lot of info on it but it’s complicated.