Ah I see the owners made the actual builds paid-for now, kindof crappy, but the source is still free.
Someone else maintains some builds: https://github.com/afzaalace/synergy-stable-builds -> http://www.afzaalace.com/synergy-stable-builds/ On linux you might well be able to apt-get or yum install synergy too. Cheers, Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Thompson [mailto:chri...@synopsys.com] > Sent: 25 April 2017 13:10 > To: Patrick O'Callaghan <p...@usb.ve>; Christopher Thompson > <chris.thomps...@synopsys.com>; Daimon Wang > <daimon_sw...@yahoo.com>; vfio-users@redhat.com > Subject: RE: [vfio-users] VM loses mouse > > Synergy is free, no need for a trial: > > https://github.com/symless/synergy/wiki/User-Guide > > And yes I was suggesting you use it in parallel with the hardware HDMI > switch, just click the HDMI switch and drag your mouse across to the > currently "active" system. > > Cheers, > Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Patrick O'Callaghan [mailto:p...@usb.ve] > > Sent: 25 April 2017 13:06 > > To: Christopher Thompson <chris.thomps...@synopsys.com>; Daimon > Wang > > <daimon_sw...@yahoo.com>; vfio-users@redhat.com > > Subject: Re: [vfio-users] VM loses mouse > > > > On Tue, 2017-04-25 at 11:45 +0000, Christopher Thompson wrote: > > > This sounds like the PS/2 driver/emulated hardware controller gets > > > itself in > > knots. PS/2 isn't hot plug, so if something goes wrong it's generally > > stuffed until a reboot, which sounds like your issue. > > > > Yes, that would fit with what I'm seeing. > > > > > One common option is to use Synergy, which passes the keyboard and > > mouse over the network, you set up the synergy service running on the > > Linux host, with it configured to map an edge of the screen to your > > Windows VM, then when the Windows VM is running and the synergy > client > > connects you can move the mouse over that edge of the screen and it > > will appear on Windows (if you have multiple monitors this looks like > > the mouse seamlessly goes from one screen to the other). > > > > > > Keyboard focus follows whatever system the mouse is active on. To > > > pass > > the mouse back just take it back off the same screen edge. The > > edge->target machine relationship is programmable so you can have all > > edges go to the same machine, or some go to different machines, etc. > > > > > > Not ideal, but maybe this could be an acceptable workaround? > > > > I did look at Synergy (not Synchronicity :-) before going for the > > hardware switch but their website says explicitly that it's not > > capable of switching displays, i.e. is not a kb/mouse/video > > substitute. The focus seems to be on sharing kb/mouse between multiple > hosts, each with its own display. > > However I can see it may be possible to set it up the way I want and > > combine with the HDMI switch as host and guest each think they have > > their own display. I'd be more inclined to try it if there was a trial > > version, but there doesn't seem to be. > > > > > It's probably also worth someone investigating the PS/2 code in > > KVM/QEMU, if you feel like compiling it yourself then you could > > investigate yourself where the mouse gets dropped. > > > > Something to think about I guess ... > > > > poc _______________________________________________ vfio-users mailing list vfio-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/vfio-users
