On 20 March 2017 at 12:36, Daniel Oram <[email protected]> wrote:
> Try ddcutil > > http://www.ddcutil.com/ > > Much more comprehensive. Using something like: > > sudo modprobe i2c-dev > sudo ddcutil capabilities > > To list any standard recognised capabilities for your monitor (it is up to > date). You may have it but vpd may not be standardised and ddcutil gives > you the tools to work that out if you have the patience. > > I bought a KVM in the end ... and it's so awful I only use it as an HDMI > switch and use the input-linux framework in qemu to switch the > keyboard/mouse. USB switches do work, but only good ones will work with > every device and udev can make a mess of rapidly switching devices in and > out, especially if they have some sort of custom software as the device > won't come back to the same location as it left. In Windows a mess is > normal but it will probably get worse. HDMI switches may have limitations > on max resolution, bandwidth and types of data so be careful when buying. > > The input-linux framework can have the odd problem with missed key ups but > they are all easily surmountable by attaching a USB or virtio keyboard > device to the VM so are far preferable to hardware related limitations or > problems of the switch and constant device plugging in the VMs. After all, > that is one of the major motivations for using a VM. > Thanks, I'll look at that. What do you mean exactly by "the input-linux framework"? I'm an old Linux hand but some of this stuff is new to me. Maybe it's just a question of terminology. poc
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