It's also worth mentioning that some gaming device software (I have personal experience with Logitech) doesn't work when the mouse is passed through via Synergy. I also had a condition, when passing the mouse through as a USB device, where the guest (Windows 10) wanted to update firmware on the mouse and said "ok, now unplug the mouse & re-plug it in to start the update." I couldn't get this to work without passing through a PCI USB controller to the guest, and plugging/unplugging the mouse to that.
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Jayme Howard <g.pr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Initially, I was playing all my games over Steam In-Home Streaming. I > played on the host machine, just using the integrated graphics to display > the stream. That worked pretty well, in games that weren't CPU intensive, > but it had framerate limitations, and you could definitely see the cracks > on more intensive games. I've, relatively recently, moved to native > controls on the guest OS. I tried, at first, using USB passthrough to > detach my keyboard and mouse from the host and provide them to the guest, > but that was a pain, because I'd have to either connect a secondary > keyboard or SSH in to go back to the host. Since then, I've taken a more > novel approach. > > I have a dedicated PCI-E USB 3.0 card with 4 ports (Insignia brand from > Best Buy. I tried an Anker, and had TONS of problems, and this one just > works flawlessly.). That entire card gets passed through to the VM just > like my GPU does, so it's effectively native. Then, I have a USB A/B > switch, with one input and two outputs. One output is connected to a host > USB port, and the other is connected to the previously mentioned card. > Attached to that is a 4 port hub. I have my keyboard and mouse (sometimes > a flash drive as well) attached to the hub. This allows me to easily swap > between the host and the guest at the push of a button on the switch. I > also use dual inputs on my monitor, so it's connected to both the host and > the guest. This allows for mostly seamless transition between the two. I > switch the input, then the USB, and I'm off to the races. When I want to > go back to the host, I reverse the process. The USB switchover event > generally takes about 2-3 seconds in either direction, about the same as > the input change on the monitor. > > As far as my Windows guest is concerned, the input is 100% native, and it > works flawlessly. > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Jonas Camillus Jeppesen <jona...@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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vfio-users mailing list >> vfio-users@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > vfio-users mailing list > vfio-users@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users > >
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