With the help of this mailing list, was able to make Whonix work with 3D acceleration:
<graphics type='spice'>
<listen type='none'/>
<clipboard copypaste='yes'/>
<filetransfer enable='no'/>
<gl enable='yes'/>
</graphics>
<audio id='1' type='spice'/>
<video>
<model type='virtio' heads='1' primary='yes'>
<acceleration accel3d='yes'/>
</model>
<address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
</video>
<listen type='none'/> : SPICE doesnt support TLS + OpenGL with remote connection, so it must be only locally enabled.
<gl enable='yes'/> : Enable OpenGL.
<acceleration accel3d='yes'/> : Enable 3D acceleration.
On the host install (specially if you dont have dedicated GPU):
sudo apt install mesa-utils libgl1-mesa-dri
On the guest install:
sudo apt install mesa-utils mesa-vulkan-drivers libgl1-mesa-dri spice-vdagent
- What if OpenGL not found/installed on the host?
Error starting domain: internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='Whonix-Gateway'): 2024-09-04T04:29:19.732050Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device {"driver":"virtio-vga-gl","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}: opengl is not available
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 108, in tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 57, in newfn
ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1402, in startup
self._backend.create()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1379, in create
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreate() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='Whonix-Gateway'): 2024-09-04T04:29:19.732050Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device {"driver":"virtio-vga-gl","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}: opengl is not available
- What if the host doesnt has graphic card?
Error starting domain: internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='Whonix-Gateway'): qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile vertex error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile fragment error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile vertex error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile fragment error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 108, in tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 57, in newfn
ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1402, in startup
self._backend.create()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1379, in create
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreate() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: QEMU unexpectedly closed the monitor (vm='Whonix-Gateway'): qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile vertex error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile fragment error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile vertex error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
qemu_gl_create_compile_shader: compile fragment error
0:1(10): error: GLSL ES 3.00 is not supported. Supported versions are: 1.10, 1.20, and 1.00 ES
- What if TLS enabled for remote SPICE with 3D acceleration/OpenGL?
Error starting domain: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2024-09-04T04:34:37.668627Z qemu-system-x86_64: SPICE GL support is local-only for now and incompatible with -spice port/tls-port
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 108, in tmpcb
callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py", line 57, in newfn
ret = fn(self, *args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py", line 1402, in startup
self._backend.create()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/libvirt.py", line 1379, in create
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreate() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2024-09-04T04:34:37.668627Z qemu-system-x86_64: SPICE GL support is local-only for now and incompatible with -spice port/tls-port