[vfio-users] Mouse and keyboard for gaming

[Will Marler]

I have had awful experiences with Synergy and FPS games.

I use Synergy for non-gaming times, and when the mouse doesn't need to be
super awesome (like Civ, or Xcom). When I need all of the features of the
mouse, I will pass it through via a dedicated PCI-USB card (the PCI card is
passed through to the VM), or pass through the USB device directly. Either
solution loses the mouse in the host while the guest is on, so I'll plug in
a less-featured mouse when I need it. You can probably tell I'm a fairly
casual gamer ...

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Jonas Camillus Jeppesen <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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