Linux support?

[twilco]

This is an awesome project! Do you have any plans for Linux support?

[aadrian]

+1

Maybe for some of the popular distros first?

[universal]

the following might be helpful for the switching part under linux/ubuntu https://askubuntu.com/questions/860761/ubuntu-command-line-to-change-input-source-on-a-display-monitor

[haimgel]

Linux support should totally be possible, without too much hassle. I'll look into this.

[useretail]

without too much hassle

not really, if you're using c

[trauner]

Here’s a quick KVM via USB switch proof of concept in bash that uses lsusb and xrandr for detection and monitor switching for a single monitor. Seems to work alright when testing on Fedora 32 boxes. https://gist.github.com/trauner/5ab3d5bb58dcb068e5332720fe7ef739

[haimgel]

I'm currently trying to unify the codebase into just one language, not two (only Rust for all three platforms), once this is done I'll look into adding a proper Linux support.

[haimgel]

Hey, I've got some preliminary Linux support working: Please see the linked PR #22 for details. I'd appreciate if someone with a real Linux desktop could give it a try.

[universal]

as commented on the pull-request, seems to be working fine for me under ubuntu 20.04 :-) thanks for the work

[0xpr03]

Yep works also also on KUbuntu 18.04. Thanks again for how much additional features this got!

For documentation: it'll output

[ERROR] Failed to set display '22787' to Hdmi1(0x11) (I2c(Os { code: 121, kind: Other, message: "Remote I/O error"

on my system, because it seems to try also changing the laptop display input.. But this doesn't break anything.