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htrefil / rkvm

Virtual KVM switch for Linux machines
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why does the rkvm server relay inputs to itself? #31

Open platyple opened 1 year ago

platyple commented 1 year ago

hello,

after some fiddling around with rkvm on the server side, i realized that inputs are passed to the host as a virtual mouse, at least on xorg. i'm wondering whether that is necessary, since it doesn't respect the settings of your input devices (such as left-handedness). is there a reason for this, or is it a different story on wayland?

htrefil commented 10 months ago

Hi, it does that in order to be able to intercept the keys and send them to remote clients.

platyple commented 10 months ago

i think the problem i had with this was that the server side would get the key and mouse input from the peripherals, and then from the virtual peripherals. so pressing a key once would result in two inputs, mouse movement would be doubled and (in my case) a left click would result in a left and a right click since my mouse is set to be left handed. i haven't tried rkvm in half a year, maybe it's different now, but that's what i remember being my issue