How to send mouse and keyboard to Virt-Manager guest
I have a Windows guest in virt-manager running headless (no spice server) because video is output through a GPU (pci passthrough). But my question now is how to send the keyboard and mouse to the guest. I would like to seamlessly share the mouse and keyboard with the guest if possible like how it works with the spice server viewer. I've also heard of KVM switches. Would one of those work better for this setup?
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I have a Windows guest in virt-manager running headless (no spice server) because video is output through a GPU (pci passthrough). But my question now is how to send the keyboard and mouse to the guest. I would like to seamlessly share the mouse and keyboard with the guest if possible like how it works with the spice server viewer. I've also heard of KVM switches. Would one of those work better for this setup?
kvm qemu virt-manager
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I have a Windows guest in virt-manager running headless (no spice server) because video is output through a GPU (pci passthrough). But my question now is how to send the keyboard and mouse to the guest. I would like to seamlessly share the mouse and keyboard with the guest if possible like how it works with the spice server viewer. I've also heard of KVM switches. Would one of those work better for this setup?
kvm qemu virt-manager
asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
Brady DeanBrady Dean
17317
I have a Windows guest in virt-manager running headless (no spice server) because video is output through a GPU (pci passthrough). But my question now is how to send the keyboard and mouse to the guest. I would like to seamlessly share the mouse and keyboard with the guest if possible like how it works with the spice server viewer. I've also heard of KVM switches. Would one of those work better for this setup?
kvm qemu virt-manager
kvm qemu virt-manager
asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
Brady DeanBrady Dean
17317
asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
Brady DeanBrady Dean
17317
asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
Brady DeanBrady Dean
17317
asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
Brady DeanBrady Dean
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asked Jun 20 '15 at 2:12
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch with a separate usb cable to a port to be shared to the VM is the best way to go here. There is really no way to do what you are saying when using a headless server with PCI passthrough for the video. Bummer, huh.
answered Feb 13 '17 at 0:04
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch with a separate usb cable to a port to be shared to the VM is the best way to go here. There is really no way to do what you are saying when using a headless server with PCI passthrough for the video. Bummer, huh.
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch with a separate usb cable to a port to be shared to the VM is the best way to go here. There is really no way to do what you are saying when using a headless server with PCI passthrough for the video. Bummer, huh.
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch with a separate usb cable to a port to be shared to the VM is the best way to go here. There is really no way to do what you are saying when using a headless server with PCI passthrough for the video. Bummer, huh.
answered Feb 13 '17 at 0:04
airhuffairhuff
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A KVM (Keyboard Video Mouse) switch with a separate usb cable to a port to be shared to the VM is the best way to go here. There is really no way to do what you are saying when using a headless server with PCI passthrough for the video. Bummer, huh.
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answered Feb 13 '17 at 0:04
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