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Thanks. I was having the problem and this solved it!

Have fun with xenserver. It is awesome. Been running stable for several months. Unraid vm, windows 7 with vga passthrough, 3 linux vms.

1. Yes, IOMMU/VT-D good to go. I can get VGA passthrough working in both XenServer and Xen. It is pretty sweet. Can game or whatever. What I cannot get is HDCP compliance so that means I cannot use Windows Media Center to watch TV (via cable card) on that Mahcine. But I can use that machine as my Windows Media Center to feed to my Xbox360 extenders so that is pretty sweet as well. The only thing I cannot do that I would like to do is watch TV in the office on that computer. 2. Did not really end up mattering. I only have 2 usb controllers and 1 is getting passed through to UNRAID and the other to Windows 7. So I had to install on a hard drive. So if anyone gets HDCP compliance working with Xenserver or Xen, please let me know. Would love to get it to work. Cheers, Steve check this out for HDCP http://www.missingremote.com/guide/override-digital-cable-advisor-windows-media-center-7 Thanks, that works to get Window Media Center to pass the Digital Cable Advisor which is needed to be able to setup windows media center for TV. And it works well. Running that is how I am able to use the Windows 7 virtual machine to feed TV and recorded TV to my Xbox360s. But it does not allow watch TV that is protected content in the actual virtual machine Windows 7 install. thanks though! Cheers, Steve

Where did you hear that? I think it can pass through any and all PCI slots, regardles of what's plugged in them. http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_VGA_Passthrough "Xen 4.0.0 supports VGA passthrough of the primary graphics adapter (the one that gets initialized and is used when you power-on the computer) only. VGA passthrough of secondary graphics adapters currently requires additional extra patches to Xen." Also... " Why is VGA passthrough different from normal PCI passthrough? VGA adapters are not simple PCI devices like NICs or disk controllers. VGA adapters need to support many legacy x86 features like VGA BIOS, text mode, legacy IO ports, legacy memory ranges, VESA video modes, etc for correct and expected operation. This means VGA passthrough requires more code than normal Xen VT-d PCI passthrough." Don't give up yet. These guys did it I think you can do what you are trying to do (well if you can find a motherboard to accomodate the videocard and USB controller requirements. I have never used mediaportal (I use windows media center and hdromerun cable card setup). Not sure what your TV source is but if the content is from a cable card and flagged for HDCP compliance, you may run into problems. Cheers, Steve

1. Yes, IOMMU/VT-D good to go. I can get VGA passthrough working in both XenServer and Xen. It is pretty sweet. Can game or whatever. What I cannot get is HDCP compliance so that means I cannot use Windows Media Center to watch TV (via cable card) on that Mahcine. But I can use that machine as my Windows Media Center to feed to my Xbox360 extenders so that is pretty sweet as well. The only thing I cannot do that I would like to do is watch TV in the office on that computer. 2. Did not really end up mattering. I only have 2 usb controllers and 1 is getting passed through to UNRAID and the other to Windows 7. So I had to install on a hard drive. So if anyone gets HDCP compliance working with Xenserver or Xen, please let me know. Would love to get it to work. Cheers, Steve

First, a big thanks to Ddeeds and Ironic (and also to vl1969 for all the questions he has been asking). Couple of questions. First, Ironic, on your VGA passthrough to Windows 8, is HDCP working? The reason I ask, is that is one of my main goals in playing with this. I am essentially trying to combine 2 boxes that are always on into one. Mu unRAID box and my Windows 7 machine. The Windows 7 machine is always on because it is the DVR through Windows Media Center serving Xbox 360s BUT I also want to be able to watch TV on the monitor while on that computer (no TV in that room). So i started with Xenserver and got Windows up and running super easy. Windows media center is setup and recording from the HDHOMERUN Prime. It records all content and feeds the Xbox 360s perfectly. Sweet! I also am successfully playing iRacing through that which is sweet. But no HDCP so I cannot watch through Windows Media center at the computer (note - without windows on top of xencenter you can so it is not an issue of the hardware not being capable). Ok, so then I figure I will try Xen on top of Ubuntu since HDCP is no go xenserver. Followup Ironic's guide on his website. Installed, compiled, install Xen, reboot and it won't boot. Some sata timeout error booting into xen instead of straight ubuntu. Then followed Ddeeds guide on this thread and installed to USB stick no problem and boots. Tested unraid, it works. But have not tried Windows 7 and HDCP yet. So point of the rambling story above is I am at a point where I am happy to go the distance but want to know a few more things first. 1. Does HDCP work in Windows 7 domU with vga passthough? 2. Is there any problem with running Ubuntu and Xen from a USB stick long term? Or should I install it to a hard drive? 3. Anyway to automate the process in the pciback stuff without having to do it at every reboot (not that reboots should be often but still) Thanks in advance and thanks for posting the howtos. I have been having a lot of fun playing with this stuff. Cheers, Steve

from your syslog "May 18 22:08:49 UnRAID logger: file /boot/packages/sqlite-3.7.14.1-i486-1.txz: downloading from http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/ap/sqlite-3.7.14.1-i486-1.txz ... bad download, deleting" This is a known problem with the current version of simple features plugin. Search in the simple features support thread. There is a fix in there. You will have to edit the plug to change version of sqlite Cheers, Steve

Going back to stock seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks! I will start adding the plugins back, 1 plugin at a time and running for a day. I will report back when I find the offending plugin. Thanks, Steve

Ok, giving it a try. Going stock per the instructions in dgaschk's signature. Will report back. On the router - yes for Plex. Thanks, Steve

Here ya go. Thanks, Steve

I could but would rather not. The Unraid is in the middle of the range of other fixed IP machines. So it would have to be a new IP for the Unraid box which then means some different port forwarding on the router. I would rather just figure out the problem and fix it. The syslog is attached. It is cut down a bit fir the 192kb limit. As you can see it is a lot of activity. It is constantly renewing. Also, the serve is available at both the fixed IP and the dynamic IP. It does not start at boot. In this syslog, it starts after about 7 or 8 hours and then the last 7 lines in the syslog are repeated every 4 minutes. Any and all comments are welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance. Steve syslog-2013-05-08.txt

5.0-rc12a - but has been happening at least since upgrade from 4.7 to 5. I used to obtain IP from router but changed it to static a couple of months ago. The static IP binds but the the unraid box also goes out an grabs an additional IP from the Router dhcp pool. Unraid box is reachable via both IPs. Only 1 NIC. Ill post syslog tonight if needed. Just thought I would see if someone else had the same problem and there was a simple fix. Thanks in advance. Cheers, Steve