software kvm Archives - The Passthrough POST https://passthroughpo.st/tag/software-kvm/ Your baremetal source for virtual news Mon, 29 Aug 2022 15:40:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 140179014 Hands Free Monitor Input Switching for VFIO using DDC https://passthroughpo.st/switching-monitor-inputs-software-ddc/ https://passthroughpo.st/switching-monitor-inputs-software-ddc/#disqus_thread Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:04:21 +0000 https://passthroughpo.st/?p=935 If Looking Glass doesn’t fit your needs, but you still want a seamless experience with VFIO, then this trick might be up your street. Using a little known program called ddcutil and a DDC/CI enabled monitor, you can switch your monitor inputs through software, without ever touching those finicky monitor OSD (On Screen Display) controls [...]

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]]> https://passthroughpo.st/switching-monitor-inputs-software-ddc/feed/ 0 935 Evdev Passthrough Explained — Cheap, Seamless VM Input https://passthroughpo.st/using-evdev-passthrough-seamless-vm-input/ https://passthroughpo.st/using-evdev-passthrough-seamless-vm-input/#disqus_thread Fri, 22 Dec 2017 14:50:43 +0000 https://passthroughpo.st/?p=896 Input is often the first hurdle presented after getting a passthrough VM up and running. Without Spice or VNC, users often resort to hacks and workarounds to control their virtual machine. Passing through USB devices via evdev has become a popular if badly documented way of handling input. The advantage of evdev is that it [...]

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