January 24, 201610 yr Hi all, I am planning to setup a Win10 VM that I will use for casual gaming (it will not be powered on 24/7). I currently have a few dockers running (sabnzbd, deluge, webgrabplus) and one OpenElec VM (on all the time). OpenElec is connected to a TV and controlled by a IR-remote with a USB-IR receiver. Since I do most of my daily work on a MacBookPro connected to my main screen (HDMI), I want the new win10 VM to do the same just via DisplayPort. I would like to be able to use one and the same USB-keyboard & mouse I use on the MacBook, on the win10 VM running on unRAID. Is this possible? My mobo has only one USB controller, and after I insert my main GPU card I will have no access to the other PCI slots (it's a mITX mobo). Have one of these: ATEN 2-port USB Sharing Device US224 It includes a button-switch, to allow me to switch between two PCs. I tried this on the OE vm, and it did work to begin with. But after I switch to mac, and back again to OE, it stops working. Any ideas?
January 24, 201610 yr Hi all, I am planning to setup a Win10 VM that I will use for casual gaming (it will not be powered on 24/7). I currently have a few dockers running (sabnzbd, deluge, webgrabplus) and one OpenElec VM (on all the time). OpenElec is connected to a TV and controlled by a IR-remote with a USB-IR receiver. Since I do most of my daily work on a MacBookPro connected to my main screen (HDMI), I want the new win10 VM to do the same just via DisplayPort. I would like to be able to use one and the same USB-keyboard & mouse I use on the MacBook, on the win10 VM running on unRAID. Is this possible? My mobo has only one USB controller, and after I insert my main GPU card I will have no access to the other PCI slots (it's a mITX mobo). Have one of these: ATEN 2-port USB Sharing Device US224 It includes a button-switch, to allow me to switch between two PCs. I tried this on the OE vm, and it did work to begin with. But after I switch to mac, and back again to OE, it stops working. Any ideas? Look up "synergy project". No special hardware needed...just software.
January 24, 201610 yr LOL, that's what I was going to suggest. I use it myself on Windows clients. http://synergy-project.org/
January 24, 201610 yr Author Thanks for the fast reply guys! Looks interesting, will check it out. But when I hear "software switch", I automatically think "input lag". Since I will be using the win10 vm for gaming, would this be an issue? Thanks again.
January 24, 201610 yr Thanks for the fast reply guys! Looks interesting, will check it out. But when I hear "software switch", I automatically think "input lag". Since I will be using the win10 vm for gaming, would this be an issue? Thanks again. Just make the gaming VM the "server" and the Mac the client. Problem solved.
January 24, 201610 yr Author Just played with it. So my VM with win10 is accually the "client", and the MacBook is the "server". Works as it should. But there are some anoyances. - The fact that my Macbook must be on all the time, for me to use the win10 vm. - Also every time a window or a dialog pops-up on the win10 vm, the active screen changes to Mac, and I have to move the mouse until it recovers. Very weird. Need to test this more. Thanks again
January 24, 201610 yr Just played with it. So my VM with win10 is accually the "client", and the MacBook is the "server". Works as it should. But there are some anoyances. - The fact that my Macbook must be on all the time, for me to use the win10 vm. - Also every time a window or a dialog pops-up on the win10 vm, the active screen cahges to Mac, and I have to move the mouse until it recovers. Very weird. Need to test this more. Thanks again Why did you make the Mac the server?
January 24, 201610 yr Author Because that is where the keyboard & mouse are connected to (it's a Mac keyboard), and because the Win10 VM is powered on only when gaming.
January 24, 201610 yr Author Is there a way to use SynergyProject so that I can switch between screens with a hotkey and not by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen (epic fail in gaming) Thanks
January 24, 201610 yr Is there a way to use SynergyProject so that I can switch between screens with a hotkey and not by moving the cursor to the edge of the screen (epic fail in gaming) Thanks Ok, I understand what you are trying to do, but honestly don't know how to make that work.
January 30, 201610 yr Hello, ( sorry for my English i am Dutch) I have a similar problem, because I have Aten HDMI KVM Schitsch Model no. CS692 one side plugt in to tower and other in my laptop. On the tower where i run a Win 10 pc i only can assing Microsof Corp. Bus 006 Device 002: ID 8087:8002 Intel Corp. Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 003: ID 1a40:0201 Terminus Technology Inc. FE 2.1 7-port Hub Bus 003 Device 002: ID 2109:2811 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 005 Device 002: ID 8087:800a Intel Corp. Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 003: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. Bus 002 Device 002: ID 174c:3074 ASMedia Technology Inc. Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 005: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0951:1643 Kingston Technology DataTraveler G3 Bus 001 Device 006: ID 174c:2074 ASMedia Technology Inc. Bus 001 Device 004: ID 045e:074b Microsoft Corp. Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0557:8021 ATEN International Co., Ltd CS1764A [CubiQ DVI KVMP Switch] Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub in XML > ( i don't now how this works but can find the vendor and ID) <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/Harmen PCT w10.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <hostdev mode='subsystem' type='usb' managed='yes'> <source> <vendor id='0x045e'/> <product id='0x074b'/> </source> </hostdev> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <qemu:commandline> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='ioh3420,bus=pci.0,addr=1c.0,multifunction=on,port=2,chassis=1,id=root.1'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=06:00.0,bus=root.1,addr=00.0,multifunction=on,x-vga=on'/> <qemu:arg value='-device'/> <qemu:arg value='vfio-pci,host=00:1b.0,bus=root.1,addr=01.0'/> </qemu:commandline> </domain> Wen i am connected to te Win 10 PC at first it works fine, it wil let my switch back and forth no problem. but I can so suddenly lose connection with mouse and keyboard. the monitor remains just work fine. ( even without switching) I stil can switch to the laptop were the key bord and mouse are working fine, Switching back it wil only display the monitor and no mouse and key response tried different things and wen i pres CRL + ALT + DEL the array stopt working. does anyone have any suggestions for this thanks in advance, Harmen.
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