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title, description, published, date, tags, editor, dateCreated
| title | description | published | date | tags | editor | dateCreated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input devices | How to share input devices with a virtual machine | true | 2022-08-02T09:59:31.526Z | markdown | 2022-08-01T10:42:14.864Z |
Input devices
Input devices such as keyboards and mice are a must to directly interact with a virtual machine. There are multiple ways to share an input device with your virtual machine.
Summary
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Methods
Evdev
Event devices (evdev) is a generic input event interface available in the Linux and FreeBDS kernels.
- Identify available input devices under
/dev/input/by-path/or/dev/input/by-id/and look for devices that contains the string event in their name.
ls /dev/input/*
/dev/input/by-path:
pci-0000:07:00.0-event-mouse
pci-0000:09:00.0-mouse
pci-0000:07:00.0-mouse platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd
pci-0000:08:00.0-event-kbd platform-i8042-serio-1-event-mouse
pci-0000:09:00.0-event-mouse platform-i8042-serio-1-mouse
- Check if it's the correct device using the following command and typing or clicking on your device
sudo cat /dev/input/by-path/pci-0000:08:00.0-event-kbd
- If gibberish symbols appear on your console as you type, it means that the device has been correctly identified, and that you can Ctrl+Z
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Edit the virtual machine's definition and replace MOUSE_NAME and KEYBOARD_NAME with the previously identified devices.
<input type="evdev">
<source dev="/dev/input/by-path/MOUSE_NAME"/>
</input>
<input type="evdev">
<source dev="/dev/input/by-path/KEYBOARD_NAME" grab="all" repeat="on"/>
</input>
- In-depth Passthrough Post article about evdev.