[vfio-users] Mouse and keyboard for gaming

[Jonas Camillus Jeppesen]

Would you mind sharing your scripts?

P.S. I think my e-mail client initially showed your e-mail containing an 
attachment, but after all I do not see any attachment.

On 09/29/2016 08:35 AM, Rokas Kupstys wrote:
>
> 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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