How to troubleshoot remote fx installs on TS, in the Terminal Services forum on BrianMadden.com

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mobius2011 Posted: Fri, Sep 16 2011 3:00 AM

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Have done a lot of reading & a lot of testing & cannot seem to get it going.

I have a Dell R710 server with a Xeon E5640 CPU. I want to install Hyper V & have a guest RDSH server running inside Hyper V using remote FX.

I've installed the RDS role on the host & enabled remote fx & can connect successfully using remote fx. A log appears in the remote fx log with event id 1000 as expected. But I cannot get it happening on my RDSH guest servers in hyper v.

I can't find out anywhere if I actually NEED to enable the remote fx 3D adapter or not. Because if I enable it, I get the following error.

"microsoft synthetic 3D display controller, failed to power on"

http://virtualfat.com/wp-content/upl...E1A0/image.png

Microsoft forums say it relates to not having a SLAT processor or GPU, but remote fx is working on the host, so obviously it have the correct hardware pre-reqs.

I followed the links here, but they dont seem to relate to what I am trying to set up. I followed them anyway & still get the error above.

http://www.petri.co.il/configuring-r...r-v-r2-sp1.htm

Brian Madden mentions that you DONT need a GPU if your are using the setup I am trying to create, but fails to supply a guide.

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Now if you want to connect to a "traditional" Terminal Server with via RemoteFX, here's what you need to know:
First of all, your Terminal Server (err, Remote Desktop Session Host) has to be running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. But if you're using Terminal Server, you do NOT need to have a GPU installed on the server. (To repeat: You do not need a GPU in your server to connect via RemoteFX to a Terminal Server.) In fact a using a GPU on a Terminal Server is not even supported, so if you do have one it's not even used."

http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/bri...d-to-know.aspx

Is there something obvious I am missing, or is there some pre-requisite I forgot, or some way of troubleshooting this?

 

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djgmog replied on Tue, Jun 26 2012 10:45 AM

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Mobius2011,

 

I saw your post over at http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=57292 and it doesn't seem like you have received an answer in either forum. Have you figured out what is needed to use RemoteFX in Hyper-v with a RDS guest?

 

Dave

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