Paweł K 4O4

Introduction

This is my guide for a successful PCI-Passthrough from Linux (Arch Linux) to QEMU/KVM via virt-manager and libvirtd into a Windows 10 Home guest.

NOTE: This is a guide for Intel only. I do not own an AMD machine, and will not add AMD information this guide until such time that I do, which could be never.

Hardware

Device Type	Device
CPU	Intel Core i7 7700K Quad-Core, Hyperthreading
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z270X-Gaming 5

MTA:SA on macOS instructions

This does not work on macOS Catalina.

macOS Catalina removes support for 32bit software. A 64bit version of Wine does exist, but it's not easy to make 32bit software run inside 64bit Wine — at least not on macOS.

Other options include:

Install Windows in a Virtual Machine (using e.g. VirtualBox), and install MTA in there
Downgrading Catalina to an earlier version

Reddit post (Archived)

Table of Content

What to expect?
- Some TLDR about the idea behind
Prerequisites
- Hardware
- System & Software
Update: Attention for MUXless laptop

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide being aware of the fact that I'm not an expert regarding the things outlined below, however I made my best attempt. A few people in IRC confirmed it worked for them and the results looked acceptable.

Attention: After following all the steps run gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache as root, this prevents various gdk-related bugs that have been reported in the last few hours. Symptoms are varied, and for Cinnamon the DE fails to start entirely while for XFCE the icon theme seemingly can't be changed anymore etc.

Check the gist's comments for any further tips and instructions, especially if you are running into problems!

Screenshots

Results after following the guide as of 11.01.2017 13:08:

Installing zsh on CentOS

$ sudo yum install ncurses-devel

$ cd /usr/local/src

$ sudo curl -L http://sourceforge.net/projects/zsh/files/zsh/5.0.7/zsh-5.0.7.tar.gz/download -o zsh-5.0.7.tar.gz

	#!/usr/bin/lua5.1
	--- Async/Await for Lua 5.1
	-- This script implements async/await functions for Lua, allowing tasks to
	-- be queued and scheduled independently.
	--
	-- This is just an example and has a bunch of issues, isn't tested, isn't
	-- even actually used anywhere; I basically just got bored and had one of
	-- those "what if?" type ideas 6 hours ago.

	local co_create = coroutine.create

	@-moz-document url(chrome://browser/content/browser.xul),
	url(chrome://browser/content/browser.xhtml) {

	/* hide horizontal tabs at the top of the window */
	#TabsToolbar > * {
	visibility: collapse;
	}

	/* hide navigation bar when it is not focused; use Ctrl+L to get focus */
	#main-window:not([customizing]) #navigator-toolbox:not(:focus-within):not(:hover) {

	# ... more above ...

	# wsfl bash is not a login shell
	if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
	PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
	fi

	# ssh-agent configuration
	if [ -z "$(pgrep ssh-agent)" ]; then
	rm -rf /tmp/ssh-*

	# Copy and self modified from ys.zsh-theme, the one of default themes in master repository
	# Clean, simple, compatible and meaningful.
	# Tested on Linux, Unix and Windows under ANSI colors.
	# It is recommended to use with a dark background and the font Inconsolata.
	# Colors: black, red, green, yellow, *blue, magenta, cyan, and white.
	# http://xiaofan.at
	# 2 Jul 2015 - Xiaofan

	# Machine name.
	function box_name {

	/* bling.js */
	window.$ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
	window.$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
	Node.prototype.on = window.on = function(name, fn) { this.addEventListener(name, fn); };
	NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;
	NodeList.prototype.on = function(name, fn) { this.forEach((elem) => elem.on(name, fn)); };