[Help] use keyboard from another linux laptop - eviltoast

Typing on the steam deck, no matter what method I use, is very slow. I have a linux laptop, but I obviously can’t plug in the keyboard into the steam deck.

I was considering running KDE connect, but it gets closed in game mode. Could I run some kind of service in the background during game mode? Like is there some kind of systemd target for that?

  • 0xeb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think you can use usbip to share any usb device that is connected on your linux desktop to steam deck (or any other pc) over the same network.

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      1 year ago

      But does that work in game mode? OP already mentioned that limitation as why they are not using KDE Connect.

      • clatl@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        systemd runs in game mode, the only difference from game mode to desktop mode is the window system. I have a systemd service for running syncthing in the background to keep some of my emulated save files backed up to my NAS.