[vfio-users] Mouse and keyboard for gaming

[Rokas Kupstys]

What i did is binding a hotkey to script that attaches mouse and
keyboard usb devices to VM. On windows side i made script that detaches
mouse and keyboard from VM. Works really good on games too.

Rokas Kupstys

On 2016.09.29 06:57, Abdulla Bubshait wrote:
> I had this very same problem and realized that the best way to get a
> problem setup for gaming is to get a dedicated USB controller and pass
> it to the windows guest. I got a hardware USB switch to allow
> switching of the keyboard and mouse, but when the guest is running I
> typically use synergy with Windows as the server and Linux the client.
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016, 16:47 Jonas Camillus Jeppesen <jonascj at sdu.dk
> <mailto:jonascj at sdu.dk>> wrote:
>
>     Hi everyone
>
>     This is not strictly vfio related, but many people associate vfio with
>     gaming on virtual machines on Linux, so that's my justification for
>     posting my question here.
>
>     How is your mouse and keyboard setup for gaming on Windows guests?
>
>     By gaming I mean you pass your dedicated GPU through to a Windows 7 or
>     10 guest to play Counter Strike, World of Warcraft, Rocket League,
>     Skyrim etc.
>
>     Personally I've only tried Synergy with the Linux host as server, and
>     Win 10 guest as client. This works reasonably well for non-first
>     person
>     shooters (FPS). In FPS games the camera tends to go completely haywire
>     when moving the mouse.
>
>     Are people binding mouse/keyboard to the guest (no longer usable on
>     host), and then run the Synergy on Windows, and client on Linux host?
>
>     I look forward to hear about your setups! The goal is to have
>     mouse and
>     keyboard on both Linux host and Windows host, and mouse working in 3D
>     games (like CS, WoW, etc.).
>
>
>     / Jonas
>
>
>
>
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