Re: Laptop as KVM to access RasPi

On 11/07/2025 01:37, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

If I connect the RasPi to my laptop by USB is there any software
which allows my laptop to be KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse)?
 PuTTY may work, but it doesn't have graphics.

I use RealVNC client on Windows and Android to access RealVNC server (built into older versions of Rapsberry PiOS) or some other VNC server that is built into current versions of RPiOS. That works very well and gives me a virtual desktop.
It allows me to run a Pi "headless" (no KVM) and control it from the PC or phone/tablet. If I view the HDMI output from the Pi on a TV, I see the same screen on there as on the RealVNC client.
I also use Real VNC between two Windows PCs. The difference in that case is that all comms has to go via a cloud server so there is slight lag compared with Windows to Pi which is direct by TCP.