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My Manjaro Linux Build for my Elminister rig
https://github.com/beangreen247/elminister-manjaro-build

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# Elminister Manjaro Build

My Manjaro Linux Build for my Elminister rig



### Step 0



Get Manjaro Linux ISO file, I picked the KDE version



https://manjaro.org/get-manjaro/



Burn ISO to USB drive



Balena Etcher - https://www.balena.io/etcher/



dd - https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/dd.1.html



Once done go into your BIOS and change boot priority to make sure that the usb drive is the first option. Then save and exit.



SUGGESTION >>> UNPLUG DRIVES THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL LINUX TO.



## Step 0.5

Make sure to use opensource drivers, since I am using an AMD GPU.



## Step 1

Launch installer from desktop and pick American English as language.



Pick the prefered timezone, Europe/Prague in my case.



Pick your keyboard layout. In my case Generic 105-key PC English (US) Default.



If you are using a VM, or scared of the manual part then just use Erase disk and Swap (with Hibernate).



Now click on Next.



Next fill out all the information needed.

* name: Thomas Mozdren

* login: beangreen247

* Computer Name: Elminister

* Password: not_gonna_dox_myself



And tick Use the same login for admin account



Now click on Next and you shlould see a system summary. Click Install. If a windows pops up, click Install now.



Make sure to reboot after the install has finished.



## Step 2

Once you reboot make sure to switch Dekstop Session from Plasma (Wayland) to Plasma(X11).



Open a terminal (Konsole) and type in sudo pacman -Syyuu to do a full system update and upgrade. After it is done, just reboot.



## Step 3

Install some packages (will be expanded)

```

sudo pacman -S neofetch htop git base-devel kdevelop multilib-devel vulkan-devel jre-openjdk jre11-openjdk jre8-openjdk jdk-openjdk jdk11-openjdk jdk8-openjdk gcc glibc yay notepadqq obs-studio

```

```

yay -S codium intellij-idea-community-edition google-chrome

```



Sidenote: if you install google chrome this way, it will automatically change in your taskbar, automatically replacing firefox. Oh sorry furryfox.



## Step 4

Download and use the update script



https://github.com/BeanGreen247/ArchLinuxUpdateScript



## Step 5

installing ssh stuff (needs configuring, not done yet)

```

sudo pacman -S openssh ufw

sudo systemctl enable sshd

sudo systemctl enable sshd.service

sudo systemctl enable ufw

sudo systemctl start sshd

sudo systemctl start ufw

sudo ufw allow ssh

sudo cp /etc/ssh/sshd_config ~/ssh_config_backup

```

```

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

```

uncomment these two lines and add your ip, can be found using ip addr

```

Port 22

AddressFamily any

ListenAddress 192.168.1.115

```

```

sudo systemctl restart sshd

```

```

sudo nano /etc/hosts.allow

```

```

SSHD: ALL

```

```

sudo nano restart-sshd.sh

```

```

pass="not_gonna_dox_myself"

sleep 10

echo $pass | sudo -S systemctl restart sshd

```

create an autostart option in Autostart settings menu and add a Login script, navigate to the script that we created and add it, next click on properties and make sure it is executable and that everyone can wiev and execute the script, also in the command section make sure to add `bash` at the beginning like so



`bash /home/beangreen247/restart-sshd.sh`



make sure to change the location of the script based on your setup



installing discord

```

sudo pacman -S discord --noconfirm

```

installing aditional packages

```

sudo pacman -Sy wine-staging giflib lib32-giflib libpng lib32-libpng libldap lib32-libldap gnutls lib32-gnutls mpg123 lib32-mpg123 openal lib32-openal v4l-utils lib32-v4l-utils libpulse lib32-libpulse libgpg-error lib32-libgpg-error alsa-plugins lib32-alsa-plugins alsa-lib lib32-alsa-lib libjpeg-turbo lib32-libjpeg-turbo sqlite lib32-sqlite libxcomposite lib32-libxcomposite libxinerama lib32-libgcrypt libgcrypt lib32-libxinerama ncurses lib32-ncurses opencl-icd-loader lib32-opencl-icd-loader libxslt lib32-libxslt libva lib32-libva gtk3 lib32-gtk3 gst-plugins-base-libs lib32-gst-plugins-base-libs vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader cups samba alsa alsa-utils alsa-tools gnutls libpng wine-mono lib32-libxml2 lib32-mpg123 lib32-lcms2 lib32-giflib lib32-libpng lib32-gnutls lib32-libpulse lib32-fontconfig lib32-libxcomposite lib32-libxrender lib32-libxslt lib32-gnutls lib32-libxi lib32-libxrandr lib32-libxinerama lib32-libcups lib32-freetype2 lib32-libpng lib32-openal python-pyopencl lib32-v4l-utils lib32-libxcursor lib32-mpg123 lib32-sdl xf86-video-intel lib32-mesa-libgl nss-mdns ninja nasm git-lfs jq oniguruma yarn gulp semver nodejs tmux nvm lib32-gamemode lib32-vkd3d vkd3d krita gimp --noconfirm

```

```

yay -S dxvk-bin

```

Open steam and go to Steam >> Settings >> Steam Play >> Enable Steam Play for all titles and leave Proton Experimental

```

sudo pacman -S gamemode

```

Make sure to reboot



## Step 6 (needs some work)

DXVK stuff

```

sudo pacman -S vulkan-radeon lib32-vulkan-radeon amdvlk lib32-amdvlk vulkan-icd-loader lib32-vulkan-icd-loader vulkan-mesa-layers lib32-vulkan-mesa-layers

```

//this is for AMD GPUs for more go here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Vulkan#Installation



after this reboot



https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases download the latest .tar.gz and extract it to your downloads folder



next open two or three file explorers and open the dxvk folder in one and open these two dirs next

```

/home/beangreen247/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/lib/wine/dxvk

```

and

```

/home/beangreen247/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/lib32/wine/dxvk

```

and copy and replace them in this fassion



everything in `/home/beangreen247/Downloads/dxvk-version/x32/` into here `/home/beangreen247/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/lib/wine/dxvk`



everything in `/home/beangreen247/Downloads/dxvk-version/x64/` into here `/home/beangreen247/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/Proton - Experimental/files/lib64/wine/dxvk`



And in steam add this into the launch options of each game to see if it works or not

```

DXVK_HUD=version,fps,gpuload %command%

```



## Step 7

Remapping Home dirs



sudo nano ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs

```

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Desktop"

XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Downloads"

XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"

XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"

XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Documents"

XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Music"

XDG_PICTURES_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Pictures"

XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Videos"

```

sudo nano /etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults

```

DESKTOP=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Desktop

DOWNLOAD=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Downloads

TEMPLATES=Templates

PUBLICSHARE=Public

DOCUMENTS=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Documents

MUSIC=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Music

PICTURES=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Pictures

VIDEOS=/mnt/01D807332FB88CE0/Videos

```

Reboot in order for them to aplly.



## Step 8

Terminal stuff yay!!!



Apply my custom zshrc file and set the blue color scheme https://github.com/BeanGreen247/zsh-config



Open Konsole and go to Settings and untick Main Toolbar and Session Toolbar under Toolbars Shown for a clean look.



nano ~/.tmux.conf

```

set-option -g default-shell /bin/zsh

```



# Some scripts

performance-mode.sh

```bash

#!/bin/bash

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor

for file in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor; do echo "performance" > $file; done

cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor

```

to run use sudo for root access this will be done at startup with the following script

```

nano execute-performance-mode-sh-as-root.sh

```

```

sleep 3

chmod +x performance-mode.sh

echo $pass | sudo -S bash performance-mode.sh

```

```

chmod +x execute-performance-mode-sh-as-root.sh

```

Some info

* performance-mode.sh - to enable performace cpu governor, will be added to autostart at startup



create an autostart option in Autostart settings menu and add a Login script, navigate to the script that we created and add it, next click on properties and make sure it is executable and that everyone can wiev and execute the script, also in the command section make sure to add `bash` at the beginning like so



`bash /home/beangreen247/execute-performance-mode-sh-as-root.sh`



make sure to change the location of the script based on your setup



the script that we added at startup/on login will set the cpu scaling governor to performance once in linux



to check run `cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor`



## what is next?

we will look into more performace improvements and tweaks, this VM is used for video editing and gaming if the game is proprietary and has anticheat software or drm built in.



## Step 9

Install packages

```

sudo pacman -S virt-manager qemu vde2 iptables-nft dnsmasq bridge-utils openbsd-netcat edk2-ovmf swtpm qemu qemu-block-gluster qemu-block-iscsi virt-manager libvirt ebtables dnsmasq bridge-utils

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd

sudo systemctl start libvirtd

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd

sudo virsh net-start default

sudo virsh net-autostart default

```

The install will ask to replace a tables package just say yes and you are good to go.



Make sure to reboot.



Steps on creating a VM in virtual machine manager

    

1. Pick Manual install

2. Choose the OS you are installing: Microsoft Windows 10 (win10)

3. RAM: 26624

4. CPUs: 10

5. Create a disk image for the VM: 256GiB (if you have a spare ssd you can pass it here)

6. Tick Customize config before install

7. Select NIC and change Network source to Virtual network 'default' NAT

8. Click add Hardware and add storage

    select or create custom

    

    and paste in the drive from the /dev/disk/by-id/ dir

    

    in my case /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD20EZBX-00AYRA0_WD-WXC2A71C5L58



    To find the drive that we want to pass



    run this commad

    ```

    sudo lshw -class disk -class storage

    ```

    and look for the disk to pass



    //to identify just look at he product name (so WDC WD20EZBX-00A in my case)

    ```

    *-disk:1

          description: ATA Disk

          product: WDC WD20EZBX-00A

          vendor: Western Digital

          physical id: 1

          bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0

          logical name: /dev/sdb

          version: 1A01

          serial: WD-WXC2A71C5L58

          size: 1863GiB (2TB)

          capabilities: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt

          configuration: ansiversion=5 guid=e625b1c9-7160-4c36-8d34-e4d258eb02eb logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=4096

    ```

    next oppen your file explorer and navigate to here `/dev/disk/by-id/`



    and look for the drive



    in my case `/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD20EZBX-00AYRA0_WD-WXC2A71C5L58`



    there will be multiple seperated by parts and you need the one without "part" in its name so in my case `ata-WDC_WD20EZBX-00AYRA0_WD-WXC2A71C5L58`



    next copy its location and paste in into the select or create custom box as mention at the start



    next select Device type as Disk device and bus type as sata and click finish 



    next add a SATA CDROM, click add hardware Select Storage and pick Device type as CDROM device and bus type as SATA and finally click finish

    

    now under source path click browse and then click browse local and pick the windows 10 install media (iso file)



    go into boot options and change the boot order with all drives and the cdrom selected



    with all that hit apply and click on the monitor icon and click on Power on virtual machine



so the vm is successfully created and the os is ready to be installed so install it normally



i will be getting a spare ssd at some point so i will reinstall windows onto the new ssd and pass it into the vm duh



once it is finished with the install you want to trun it off



next go into overview and click the xml tab



in here do the following



replace

```



```

with

```



 

 



```

next find hyperv section

```



 

 

 



```

and replace it with this below

```



  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  



```

next boot the vm up and let it update and while we are there go to control panel, add or remove programs and click on Turn windows features on or off and you want to tick Hyper-V and enable everything in there and click ok

    

make sure to apply all the updates by rebooting after it finishes make sure to check cpu stas and then power off



next up iommu grouping

```

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

```

find a line that says `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=..."`

and add `intel_iommu=on` if on intel or `amd_iommu=on` if on amd and add it between `security=apparmor` and `resume=...` so it looks like so

`GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor intel_iommu=on resume=..."`



after that do ctrl+s and ctrl+x



next run

```

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

```

and reboot to apply



next identify the gpu



run `sudo dmesg | grep -i -e DMAR -e IOMMU`



and look for a line looking like this `[    0.052831] DMAR: IOMMU enabled`



switch to bash by typing in bash in the terminal



so run this code

```

#!/bin/bash

shopt -s nullglob

for g in $(find /sys/kernel/iommu_groups/* -maxdepth 0 -type d | sort -V); do

    echo "IOMMU Group ${g##*/}:"

    for d in $g/devices/*; do

        echo -e "\t$(lspci -nns ${d##*/})"

    done;

done;

```

example output

```

IOMMU Group 0:

        00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake-S 6c Host Bridge/DRAM Controller [8086:9b53] (rev 03)

IOMMU Group 1:

        00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 03)

        01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] [1002:67df] (rev c7)

        01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] [1002:aaf0]

IOMMU Group 2:

        00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V USB Controller [8086:a3af]

IOMMU Group 3:

        00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V HECI Controller [8086:a3ba]

IOMMU Group 4:

        00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 400 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller [8086:a382]

IOMMU Group 5:

        00:1b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a3e9] (rev f0)

IOMMU Group 6:

        00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Device [8086:a392] (rev f0)

IOMMU Group 7:

        00:1d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port 9 [8086:a398] (rev f0)

        04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Micron/Crucial Technology P1 NVMe PCIe SSD [c0a9:2263] (rev 03)

IOMMU Group 8:

        00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation B460 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller [8086:a3c8]

        00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Power Management Controller [8086:a3a1]

        00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS [8086:a3f0]

        00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V SMBus Host Controller [8086:a3a3]

        00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V [8086:0d55]

```

what we need is here, in my case

```

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] [1002:67df] (rev c7)

01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] [1002:aaf0]

```

next type in `sudo mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/hooks`



and run this next

```

sudo wget 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PassthroughPOST/VFIO-Tools/master/libvirt_hooks/qemu' \

     -O /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu

sudo chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu

```

and this next `sudo systemctl restart libvirtd`



next run

```

sudo mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin

sudo mkdir -p /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end

```

next up scripting

```

sudo nano /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin/start.sh

```

```

#!/bin/bash

# Helpful to read output when debugging

set -x



# Stop display manager

systemctl stop display-manager.service

## Uncomment the following line if you use GDM

#killall gdm-x-session



# Unbind VTconsoles

echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind

echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind



# Unbind EFI-Framebuffer

echo efi-framebuffer.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/unbind



# Avoid a Race condition by waiting 2 seconds. This can be calibrated to be shorter or longer if required for your system

sleep 2



# Unbind the GPU from display driver

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_0c_00_0

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_0c_00_1



# Load VFIO Kernel Module  

modprobe vfio-pci  

```



what we need is here, in my case

```

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] [1002:67df] (rev c7)

01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] [1002:aaf0]

```

so mod these two lines like so based of the id at the start

```

01:00.0

01:00.1

```

so kinda like this

```

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_0

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_1

```

now run this command in the terminal `lspci -v`



example output

```

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake-S 6c Host Bridge/DRAM Controller (rev 03)

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 0

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: skl_uncore



00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6th-10th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 121, IOMMU group 1

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0

        I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff [size=4K]

        Memory behind bridge: 90200000-902fffff [size=1M]

        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000004080000000-00000041ffffffff [size=6G]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport



00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V USB Controller (prog-if 30 [XHCI])

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 139, IOMMU group 2

        Memory at 4010210000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd

        Kernel modules: xhci_pci



00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V HECI Controller

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 140, IOMMU group 3

        Memory at 4010225000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: mei_me

        Kernel modules: mei_me



00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 400 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])

        DeviceName: Onboard - SATA

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 126, IOMMU group 4

        Memory at 90324000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

        Memory at 90327000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

        I/O ports at 4050 [size=8]

        I/O ports at 4040 [size=4]

        I/O ports at 4020 [size=32]

        Memory at 90326000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: ahci



00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a3e9 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 122, IOMMU group 5

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0

        I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff [size=4K]

        Memory behind bridge: 90400000-905fffff [size=2M]

        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000004010300000-00000040104fffff [size=2M]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport



00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a392 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 123, IOMMU group 6

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0

        I/O behind bridge: 00006000-00006fff [size=4K]

        Memory behind bridge: 90600000-907fffff [size=2M]

        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000004010500000-00000040106fffff [size=2M]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport



00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port 9 (rev f0) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 124, IOMMU group 7

        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0

        I/O behind bridge: [disabled]

        Memory behind bridge: 90100000-901fffff [size=1M]

        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: [disabled]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: pcieport



00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation B460 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IOMMU group 8



00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Power Management Controller

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: fast devsel, IOMMU group 8

        Memory at 90320000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=16K]



00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS

        DeviceName: Onboard - Sound

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8796

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 142, IOMMU group 8

        Memory at 4010220000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Memory at 4010200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl



00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Comet Lake PCH-V SMBus Host Controller

        DeviceName: Onboard - Other

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8694

        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 16, IOMMU group 8

        Memory at 4010224000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]

        I/O ports at efa0 [size=32]

        Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus

        Kernel modules: i2c_i801



00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (12) I219-V

        DeviceName: Onboard - Ethernet

        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8672

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 141, IOMMU group 8

        Memory at 90300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: e1000e

        Kernel modules: e1000e



01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] (rev c7) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Radeon RX 470/480

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 144, IOMMU group 1

        Memory at 4100000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4G]

        Memory at 4080000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=2M]

        I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]

        Memory at 90200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]

        Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: amdgpu

        Kernel modules: amdgpu



01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]

        Subsystem: PC Partner Limited / Sapphire Technology Device aaf0

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 143, IOMMU group 1

        Memory at 90260000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel

        Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel



04:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Micron/Crucial Technology P1 NVMe PCIe SSD (rev 03) (prog-if 02 [NVM Express])

        Subsystem: Micron/Crucial Technology P1 NVMe PCIe SSD

        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16, NUMA node 0, IOMMU group 7

        Memory at 90100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]

        Capabilities: 

        Kernel driver in use: nvme

```

and what we need is the kernel driver in use



so in my case I have to modprobe these



|id|kernel driver|

|---|---|

|01:00.0|amdgpu|



so the final version

```

#!/bin/bash

# Helpful to read output when debugging

set -x



# Stop display manager

systemctl stop sddm.service

systemctl stop display-manager.service

pulse_pid=$(pgrep -u YOURUSERNAME pulseaudio)

pipewire_pid=$(pgrep -u YOURUSERNAME pipewire-media)

kill $pulse_pid

kill $pipewire_pid

# Uncomment the following line if you use GDM

#killall gdm-x-session



# Unbind VTconsoles

echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind

echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind



# Unbind EFI-Framebuffer

echo efi-framebuffer.0 > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/unbind



# Avoid a Race condition by waiting 10 seconds. This can be calibrated to be shorter or longer if required for your system

sleep 10



# Unload AMD modules

modprobe -r amdgpu

#modprobe -r snd_hda_intel

#modprobe -r xhci_hcd



# Unbind the GPU from display driver

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_0

virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_01_00_1

#virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_00_1f_3

#virsh nodedev-detach pci_0000_00_14_0



# Load VFIO Kernel Module

modprobe vfio

modprobe vfio-pci

modprobe vfio_iommu_type1

```



the stop script will be moded the same way



so final version

```

sudo nano /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end/revert.sh

```

```

#!/bin/bash

set -x



# unload vfio

modprobe -r vfio-pci

modprobe -r vfio_iommu_type1

modprobe -r vfio



# Re-Bind GPU to AMD Driver

virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_01_00_0

virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_01_00_1

#virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_00_1f_3

#virsh nodedev-reattach pci_0000_00_14_0



# Rebind VT consoles

echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon0/bind

# Some machines might have more than 1 virtual console. Add a line for each corresponding VTConsole

echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind



echo "efi-framebuffer.0" > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/efi-framebuffer/bind



# Reload AMD modules

modprobe amdgpu

#modprobe snd_hda_intel

#modprobe xhci_hcd



# Restart Display Manager

systemctl start sddm.service

systemctl start display-manager.service

```

save and exit



next make the scripts executable

```

sudo chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/prepare/begin/start.sh

sudo chmod +x /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu.d/win10/release/end/revert.sh

```

so the final tree structure should look like this

```

sudo tree /etc/libvirt/hooks

```

```

/etc/libvirt/hooks

├── qemu

└── qemu.d

    └── win10

        ├── prepare

        │   └── begin

        │       └── start.sh

        └── release

            └── end

                └── revert.sh



6 directories, 3 files

```

Now after all this add your gpu in VMs config



via Add Hardware and add PCI Host Device and add 

```

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] [1002:67df] (rev c7)

01:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] [1002:aaf0]

```

you need to add both of them so you should see 2 PCI devices and now save it



now go into overview and open the xml tab



now find the features section

and find 

```

  

    

    

    

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

      

    

    

  

```

we moved and updated the vendor_id



hit save a bunch of times and reboot the pc



after all that reboot your pc and then test the VM



only changes made were that i added input devices such as a usb keyboard and usb mouse

and add a watchdog and se ti to forcefully power off the guest VM so that if it does not boot it odes give us control back

also i passed all the controlers and devices from the pci list



and a final step before you boot the vm up is go here in your file explorer `/dev/input/by-id/`



and adjust the lines before adding them, this will fix no keyboard inputs and mouse problems



example



///at the top of the file change it to this

```



```



run this command `ls -l /dev/input/by-id`



take note of the link like so (this is in my case)

```

total 0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10  6. dub 16.48 usb-KYE_Systems_Corp._FaceCam_1000X-event-if00 -> ../event21

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10  6. dub 16.48 usb-ShanWan_Controller_XBOX_360_For_Windows-event-joystick -> ../event18

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  6  6. dub 16.48 usb-ShanWan_Controller_XBOX_360_For_Windows-joystick -> ../js0

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10  6. dub 16.48 usb-Telink_Wireless_Receiver-event-if00 -> ../event24

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10  6. dub 16.48 usb-Telink_Wireless_Receiver-event-mouse -> ../event22

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10  6. dub 16.48 usb-Telink_Wireless_Receiver-if01-event-kbd -> ../event25

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9  6. dub 16.48 usb-Telink_Wireless_Receiver-mouse -> ../mouse0

```



Permissions

```

sudo usermod -a -G libvirt,kvm,libvirt-qemu,input,disk,audio,video 

```

in my case

```

sudo usermod -a -G libvirt,kvm,libvirt-qemu,input,disk,audio,video beangreen247

sudo usermod -a -G libvirt,kvm,libvirt-qemu,input,disk,audio,video root

```

to check if added run this command and look for your username

```

getent group

```

now run this

```

sudo nano /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

```

add this at the end of it, but change the user

```

vnc_allow_host_audio = 1

nographics_allow_host_audio = 1

user = "beangreen247"

group = "kvm"

cgroup_device_acl = [

    "/dev/input/event0",

    "/dev/input/event1",

    "/dev/input/event2",

    "/dev/input/event3",

    "/dev/input/event4",

    "/dev/input/event5",

    "/dev/input/event22",

    "/dev/input/event25",

    "/dev/input/event18",

    "/dev/input/js0",

    "/dev/input/event21",

    "/dev/input/event24",

    "/dev/input/mouse0",

    "/dev/null", "/dev/full", "/dev/zero",

    "/dev/random", "/dev/urandom",

    "/dev/ptmx", "/dev/kvm", "/dev/kqemu",

    "/dev/rtc","/dev/hpet", "/dev/vfio/vfio"

]

```

Next restart the service `sudo systemctl restart libvirtd`



also add your mouse as a usb device to use it in the vm

```

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd

```

and reboot just in case



now try to use the VM



once done power off



now we need to edit a file called qemu in hooks `sudo nano /etc/libvirt/hooks/qemu`



add this at the end of the file

```

command=$2



if [ "$command" = "started" ]; then

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- system.slice AllowedCPUs=0,6

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- user.slice AllowedCPUs=0,6

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- init.scope AllowedCPUs=0,6

elif [ "$command" = "release" ]; then

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- system.slice AllowedCPUs=0-11

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- user.slice AllowedCPUs=0-11

    systemctl set-property --runtime -- init.scope AllowedCPUs=0-11

fi

```

and this is what it looks like in the xml

```

10

  1

  

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

  

```

You may need to change the XML based on your topology



now try and test it



```

sudo nano reassign-cpu.sh

```

```

pass="not_gonna_dox_myself"

sleep 3

echo $pass | sudo -S systemctl set-property --runtime -- system.slice AllowedCPUs=0-11

sleep 3

echo $pass | sudo -S systemctl set-property --runtime -- user.slice AllowedCPUs=0-11

sleep 3

echo $pass | sudo -S systemctl set-property --runtime -- init.scope AllowedCPUs=0-11

```

create an autostart option in Autostart settings menu and add a Login script, navigate to the script that we created and add it, next click on properties and make sure it is executable and that everyone can wiev and execute the script, also in the command section make sure to add `bash` at the beginning like so



`bash /home/beangreen247/reassign-cpu.sh`



make sure to change the location of the script based on your setup



the script that we added at startup/on login will reassing cpu cores back to linux



## Step 10

Bluetooth stuff



Install packages

```

sudo pacman -S pulseaudio-bluetooth pulseaudio-alsa bluez-utils

```

Enable and start bluetooth

```

sudo systemctl enable bluetooth.service

sudo systemctl restart bluetooth.service

```

Setting up auto connection

To make your headset auto connect you need to enable PulseAudio's switch-on-connect module. Do this by adding the following lines to `/etc/pulse/default.pa`:

```

### Automatically switch to newly-connected devices

load-module module-switch-on-connect

```

And add these lines into `/etc/bluetooth/main.cf`

```

AutoEnable=true

```

Next restart bluetooth service

```

systemctl restart bluetooth

```

Next run `bluetoothctl`



Note: Here I am showing how I paired and connected my [Sony WF-1000XM3s](https://electronics.sony.com/audio/headphones/truly-wireless/p/wf1000xm3-b)



Great ones btw.



```

Agent registered

[LE_WF-1000XM3]# power on

Changing power on succeeded

[LE_WF-1000XM3]# agent on

Agent is already registered

[LE_WF-1000XM3]# default-agent

Default agent request successful

[bluetooth]# scan on

Discovery started

[bluetooth]# pair 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 

Attempting to pair with 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 Name: WF-1000XM3

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 Alias: WF-1000XM3

Pairing successful

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 ServicesResolved: no

[LE_WF-1000XM3]# connect 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

Attempting to connect to 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 00000000-deca-fade-deca-deafdecacaff

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 00000709-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 00001108-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 0000110c-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 0000110e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 00001200-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 00001800-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 0000fe03-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 55f80aef-d89f-41a4-9e36-0ffc88dc81ce

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 5b833e05-6bc7-4802-8e9a-723ceca4bd8f

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 5b833e06-6bc7-4802-8e9a-723ceca4bd8f

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 67a846ad-de3e-451b-a6d8-7b2899ca2370

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 81c2e72a-0591-443e-a1ff-05f988593351

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 8901dfa8-5c7e-4d8f-9f0c-c2b70683f5f0

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 91c10d9c-aaef-42bd-b6d6-8a648c19213d

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 931c7e8a-540f-4686-b798-e8df0a2ad9f7

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: 96cc203e-5068-46ad-b32d-e316f5e069ba

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: b9b213ce-eeab-49e4-8fd9-aa478ed1b26b

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: dc405470-a351-4a59-97d8-2e2e3b207fbb

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: f8d1fbe4-7966-4334-8024-ff96c9330e15

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 UUIDs: fe59bfa8-7fe3-4a05-9d94-99fadc69faff

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 ServicesResolved: yes

Connection successful

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 ServicesResolved: no

[WF-1000XM3]# trust 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

Changing 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 trust succeeded

[WF-1000XM3]# connect 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

Attempting to connect to 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10

Connection successful

[CHG] Device 14:3F:A6:31:FF:10 ServicesResolved: yes

[WF-1000XM3]# exit

```

For more information go here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/bluetooth_headset#Headset_via_Bluez5/PulseAudio



## Enable Ultimate Performance Mode in Windows 10

1. Search for Command Prompt in the Start menu.

2. Right-click the Command Prompt result.

3. Choose “Run As Administrator.”

4. In Command Prompt window, type the following command:

    `powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61`

5. Press Enter.



## Enable Windows Features

Make sure that the following ones are enabled and that they have a checkmark next to them

![windows_features.png](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BeanGreen247/Elminister-Manjaro-Build/main/windows_features.png)



Next reboot to apply the changes.



## Change device installation settings

The reason is to prevent windows from downloading new drivers, well new old drivers, when the internet is detected



1. Search for change device installation settings

2. Select No (your device might not work as expected)



## Disable Fullscreen Optimizations via Registry Editor

Besides disabling fullscreen optimizations via Settings, you can also choose to disable fullscreen optimizations via Registry Editor.



1. Press Windows key and R key together to open Run dialog.

2. Type regedit in the box and click OK to continue.

3. In the Registry Editor window, navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore folder. 

4. Then right-click on the right side and choose New > DWORD (32-bit) value to continue.

5. Name it as the GameDVR_FSEBehavior.

6. Then double-click it to change its value data. Set its value data to 2 to disable fullscreen optimizations feature.



## Some notes

* once you boot it up for the first time make sure to install your gpu drivers to get DX12/11/10.1/10/9/8 and vulkan support and install all redist stuff like visual c++ and stuff like that

* nake sure to install the drivers via .ini files aand go one dir by one in here `C:\AMD\AMD-Software-Adrenalin-Edition-22.4.2-Win10-Win11-April25\Packages\Drivers`

* make sure to do a driver CLEAN INSTALL from drivers, and reboot the VM to get full speed and DX support

* make sure to reboot the vm

* after all that make a copy of the VM, so that if something goes wrong, you have something to restore from

* ~~also make sure you have a spare keyboard and mouse for the VM and pass it as well since the main pair will stay with linux,~~ i use a wireless keyboard and mouse with 2 wireless receivers, one per dev

    *  I should mention that I just recently switched to a wireless keyboard and mouse and it unhooks from linux and rehooks in the VM flawlessly

* also gpu audio work flawlessly

* also passing a usb bluetooth adapter works along with paring with something like headphones or a headset or smartphone

* [4/18/2022] I got s usb sound card that works in both linux and windows, so I just pass it to the VM so I can use my headphones and mic



## Final words

So to make a summary, well, it took some time to get right, but that is my config, all the apps, scripts and tools that I installed and set up let me use my PC as a Gaming rig or a Workstation power house. However this config may not work for everyone, so make sure to do your own research, just in case. This is meant to be a template, not a final solution, but here might be some things that may end up working for you. I also custom built ffmpeg, but I am not sure if I should include it, in this build. I might at a later date.