[doc] troubleshooting: Rewrite missing desktop

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Jonathan Rubenstein 2023-04-04 02:19:12 +03:00 committed by Geoffrey McRae
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.. _requrements:
.. _requirements:
Requirements
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.. _minimum_:
.. _minimum:
Minimum
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PCIe bandwidth can also be a limiting factor, as such both GPUs should have a
minimum of 8 lanes (x8) at PCIe3 speeds, or 4 lanes (x4) at PCIe4 speeds.
.. _connected_display:
Connected Display
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The GPU used for the guest virtual machine must have either a physical monitor
attached to it, or a cheap dummy plug. The guest operating system (most notably
Windows) will disable the GPU output if there is nothing attached to it and
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device should already have a virtual monitor attached to it negating this
requirement.
.. _recommended_:
.. _recommended:
Recommended
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When launching Looking Glass the desktop doesn't appear
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- **Using an AMD GPU?**
- After the end of the Radeon HD Series, new AMD GPUs go to sleep when no
display is connected. For this reason, one of two conditions must be met.
#. The GPU needs to remain plugged into a monitor (this is good for
testing & troubleshooting).
#. The GPU needs to have a dummy plug installed which presents itself as a
monitor.
Make sure you meet the :ref:`minimum requirements<minimum>` for using
Looking Glass, especially regarding your guest GPU. See
:ref:`connected_display` for more details.
.. _the_clipboard_is_not_working: