I'll preface it by saying that before I added the display .sh scripts, passed through the GPU, my keyboard, and mouse, it booted fine.
All steps followed, screen goes black after booting VM, but comes back to Linux. When checking the VMs logs, it has "shutting down, reason=failed".
Here's all my shit:
start.sh:
set -x
source "/etc/libvirt/hooks/kvm.conf"
systemctl stop sddm.service
echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind
echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
echo efi-framebuffer.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/unbind
sleep 15
modprobe -r nvidia_drm
modprobe -r nvidia_modeset
modprobe -r drm_kms_helper
modprobe -r nvidia
modprobe -r i2c_nvidia_gpu
modprobe -r drm
virsh nodedev-detach $VIRSH_GPU_VIDEO
virsh nodedev-detach $VIRSH_GPU_AUDIO
virsh nodedev-detach $VIRSH_GPU_USB
virsh nodedev-detach $VIRSH_GPU_SERIAL
modprobe vfio
modprobe vfio_pci
modprobe vfio_iommu_type1
revert.sh:
set -x
source "/etc/libvirt/hooks/kvm.conf"
modprobe -r vfio_pci
modprobe -r vfio_iommu_type1
modprobe -r vfio
virsh nodedev-reattach $VIRSH_GPU_VIDEO
virsh nodedev-reattach $VIRSH_GPU_AUDIO
virsh nodedev-reattach $VIRSH_GPU_USB
virsh nodedev-reattach $VIRSH_GPU_SERIAL
echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind
echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
nvidia-xconfig --query-gpu-info > /dev/null 2>&1
echo "efi-framebuffer.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/bind
modprobe nvidia_drm
modprobe nvidia_modeset
modprobe drm_kms_helper
modprobe nvidia
modprobe i2c_nvidia_gpu
modprobe drm
systemctl start sddm.service
and my VMs XML:
<domain type="kvm">
<name>win10</name>
<metadata>
<libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
<libosinfo:os id="http://microsoft.com/win/10"/>
</libosinfo:libosinfo>
</metadata>
<memory unit="KiB">32768000</memory>
<currentMemory unit="KiB">32768000</currentMemory>
<vcpu placement="static">28</vcpu>
<cputune>
<vcpupin vcpu="0" cpuset="2"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="1" cpuset="18"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="2" cpuset="3"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="3" cpuset="19"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="4" cpuset="4"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="5" cpuset="20"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="6" cpuset="5"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="7" cpuset="21"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="8" cpuset="6"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="9" cpuset="22"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="10" cpuset="7"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="11" cpuset="23"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="12" cpuset="8"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="13" cpuset="24"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="14" cpuset="9"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="15" cpuset="25"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="16" cpuset="10"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="17" cpuset="26"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="18" cpuset="11"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="19" cpuset="27"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="20" cpuset="12"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="21" cpuset="28"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="22" cpuset="13"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="23" cpuset="29"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="24" cpuset="14"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="25" cpuset="30"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="26" cpuset="15"/>
<vcpupin vcpu="27" cpuset="31"/>
<emulatorpin cpuset="0-1,16-17"/>
</cputune>
<os firmware="efi">
<type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-9.2">hvm</type>
<firmware>
<feature enabled="yes" name="enrolled-keys"/>
<feature enabled="yes" name="secure-boot"/>
</firmware>
<loader readonly="yes" secure="yes" type="pflash" format="raw">/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
<nvram template="/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd" templateFormat="raw" format="raw">/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/win10_VARS.fd</nvram>
</os>
<features>
<acpi/>
<apic/>
<hyperv mode="custom">
<relaxed state="on"/>
<vapic state="on"/>
<spinlocks state="on" retries="8191"/>
<vpindex state="on"/>
<runtime state="on"/>
<synic state="on"/>
<stimer state="on"/>
<vendor_id state="on" value="AuthenticAMD"/>
<frequencies state="on"/>
<tlbflush state="on"/>
<ipi state="on"/>
<avic state="on"/>
</hyperv>
<kvm>
<hidden state="on"/>
</kvm>
<vmport state="off"/>
<smm state="on"/>
</features>
<cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none" migratable="on">
<topology sockets="1" dies="1" clusters="1" cores="14" threads="2"/>
<cache mode="passthrough"/>
<feature policy="force" name="topoext"/>
<feature policy="require" name="invtsc"/>
</cpu>
<clock offset="localtime">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
<timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
<timer name="hypervclock" present="yes"/>
</clock>
<on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
<on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
<on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
<pm>
<suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
<suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
</pm>
<devices>
<emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
<disk type="block" device="disk">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw" cache="none" io="native" discard="unmap"/>
<source dev="/dev/nvme3n1p7"/>
<target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
<boot order="1"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x04" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</disk>
<disk type="file" device="cdrom">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
<source file="/home/reality/Downloads/en-gb_windows_10_consumer_editions_version_22h2_updated_sep_2025_x64_dvd_4a22741d.iso"/>
<target dev="sdb" bus="sata"/>
<readonly/>
<address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="1"/>
</disk>
<disk type="file" device="cdrom">
<driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
<source file="/home/reality/Downloads/virtio-win-0.1.285.iso"/>
<target dev="sdc" bus="sata"/>
<readonly/>
<address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="2"/>
</disk>
<controller type="usb" index="0" model="qemu-xhci" ports="15">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x02" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="0" model="pcie-root"/>
<controller type="pci" index="1" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="1" port="0x10"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="2" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="2" port="0x11"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="3" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="3" port="0x12"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="4" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="4" port="0x13"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x3"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="5" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="5" port="0x14"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x4"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="6" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="6" port="0x15"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x5"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="7" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="7" port="0x16"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x6"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="8" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="8" port="0x17"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x7"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="9" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="9" port="0x18"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="10" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="10" port="0x19"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x1"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="11" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="11" port="0x1a"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="12" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="12" port="0x1b"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x3"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="13" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="13" port="0x1c"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x4"/>
</controller>
<controller type="pci" index="14" model="pcie-root-port">
<model name="pcie-root-port"/>
<target chassis="14" port="0x1d"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x5"/>
</controller>
<controller type="sata" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1f" function="0x2"/>
</controller>
<controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</controller>
<interface type="network">
<mac address="52:54:00:db:6d:a3"/>
<source network="default"/>
<model type="e1000e"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</interface>
<input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
<input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
<tpm model="tpm-tis">
<backend type="emulator" version="2.0">
<profile name="default-v1"/>
</backend>
</tpm>
<sound model="ich9">
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1b" function="0x0"/>
</sound>
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
<source>
<address domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</source>
<rom file="/var/lib/libvirt/vgabios/patch.rom"/>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x06" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
<source>
<address domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x1"/>
</source>
<address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x07" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="usb" managed="yes">
<source>
<vendor id="0x1b1c"/>
<product id="0x1b74"/>
</source>
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="1"/>
</hostdev>
<hostdev mode="subsystem" type="usb" managed="yes">
<source>
<vendor id="0x1b1c"/>
<product id="0x1b7d"/>
</source>
<address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>
</hostdev>
<watchdog model="itco" action="none"/>
<memballoon model="none"/>
</devices>
</domain>Are there any easy to spot mistakes that could correct this?
I'll preface it by saying that before I added the display .sh scripts, passed through the GPU, my keyboard, and mouse, it booted fine.
All steps followed, screen goes black after booting VM, but comes back to Linux. When checking the VMs logs, it has "shutting down, reason=failed".
Here's all my shit:
start.sh:
revert.sh:
and my VMs XML:
Are there any easy to spot mistakes that could correct this?