gpu GPU support

[Maxime]

Hi, i don't really know if it's possible or if it has been discussed earlier but is it possible for HexOS to display differents pcie cards information (like what card is in what slot) or direcly display the GPU informations like the usage the drivers etc a little like it is done with the cpu informations? I think it could be a great options for those who use gpu for transcoding or in VM...

thank you all 😁

[King Draconias]

On 9/9/2025 at 1:29 AM, Maxime said:

Hi, i don't really know if it's possible or if it has been discussed earlier but is it possible for HexOS to display differents pcie cards information (like what card is in what slot) or direcly display the GPU informations like the usage the drivers etc a little like it is done with the cpu informations? I think it could be a great options for those who use gpu for transcoding or in VM...

thank you all 😁

I would second this, I have 2 GPUs installed, one for Plex transcoding (a 3050 powered by PCIe slot) and a 4070 Super for use in a VM when I get around to setting it up so that I can do some light video editing. I also have a 10G network card installed, but I'm having issues installing the drivers for it because it's an Aquantia card so it would be nice to have the ability to update drivers in HexOS or see if there needs to be a driver update.

[PsychoWards]

15 hours ago, King Draconias said:

but I'm having issues installing the drivers for it because it's an Aquantia card so it would be nice to have the ability to update drivers in HexOS or see if there needs to be a driver update.

This is not foreseen to be done in Truenas and therefor Hexos. Hexos is an appliance and you are not installing anything on the OS. The drivers are in the kernel and you cannot easily update them. Newer Versions might support your NIC in the future though.

[King Draconias]

On 10/12/2025 at 10:37 AM, PsychoWards said:

This is not foreseen to be done in Truenas and therefor Hexos. Hexos is an appliance and you are not installing anything on the OS. The drivers are in the kernel and you cannot easily update them. Newer Versions might support your NIC in the future though.

This may be a dumb question, but if I install a Linux OS that is compatible with the network card on my boot drive (yes, I know, wiping HexOS), and install the drivers using that, then switch back to HexOS (wiping the previous Linux install), would that work to update the kernel?

[Mobius]

1 hour ago, King Draconias said:

This may be a dumb question, but if I install a Linux OS that is compatible with the network card on my boot drive (yes, I know, wiping HexOS), and install the drivers using that, then switch back to HexOS (wiping the previous Linux install), would that work to update the kernel?

Unfortunately it would not work.