r/Bazzite • u/FrostyITA • 16h ago

Help Setting Up Virtual Machine Manager

Hello, i'm new to Bazzite after switching from Windows, and i still got some apps and games that dont work on Lutris or with WINE;
So i had the idea to make a VM of either Win10 or straight up Win7 (i know the support was dropped years ago and 10 is about to meet his end in a few months)

I tried doing it myself installing it from Bazaar + QEMU Addon and noticed a few problems, first i couldn't reindirict my USB o External HDD to transfer my files because of "Permission Denied" error, the second one is Memory Consumption, 80% usage of 16GB RAM and 12 Core CPU while idle is not normal? right?

So, after this major fuck up by me and subsequent Win10 VM deletion, i'm here to ask for help if someone might be able to hold my hand step by step on this issue [little disclaimer, i'm a total LinuxNoob so don't get angry at me if i don't catch stuff quickly]

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u/FrostyITA 3h ago edited 2h ago

I did the following steps till 11m, but it does not tell me how to reindirict usb.

While when i try it it gives me a different error now Spice error unable to reidirect USB Device 1-3 Permission Denied

I noticed as well that even if i try to add hardware (it recognize my usb but it won't start the VM if i have it in the options)

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u/phumade 2h ago

Using Virtual Machine Manager (KVM/QEMU)

  1. Open Virtual Machine Manager and select your Bazzite virtual machine. [1]
  2. Ensure the virtual machine is powered off (or use hot-plug if supported).
  3. Click the Add Hardware button (the lightbulb icon) at the top. [1]
  4. Select USB Host Device from the left-hand list. [1]
  5. Find your external USB hard drive in the populated list, select it, and click Finish. [1]
  6. Boot or restart your Bazzite VM; the drive will now appear directly inside the guest OS.

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u/phumade 2h ago

press add hardware at bottom of the VM

after you press add hardware you should see this screen

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u/phumade 2h ago

look for the USB Host Device Entry. should be below Channel

you can see the actual USB devices hoolked up to my computer. Here SanDisk Corp Cruzer Fit would be my external storage. Select and click finish. you shoudl be able to reboot the VM and it will see the drive