VirtualHere is most likely just a copy of usbip

[devilsclaw]

When I started having a bunch of problems with VirtualHere I searched for usb over ip and I found usbip and it works exactly the same as VirtualHere except with better control and recover ability.

usbip works on linux and windows and maybe macos, its not to hard to setup either and its free.

This on the client side the side you want to control with the usbip

#!/bin/bash

usbip_attach() {
  sudo modprobe usbip_core
  sudo modprobe vhci-hcd
  #sudo usbip attach -r 192.168.1.254 -b 1-1.3
  sudo usbip attach -r 192.168.1.254 -b 1-1.4.1.2
  sudo usbip attach -r 192.168.1.254 -b 1-1.4.1.1
}

usbip_detach() {
  #sudo usbip detach -p 2
  sudo usbip detach -p 1
  sudo usbip detach -p 0 
  sudo modprobe -r vhci-hcd
  sudo modprobe -r usbip_core
}

case $1 in
  attach)
    usbip_attach
  ;;
  detach)
    usbip_detach
  ;;
  start)
    ssh pi@192.168.1.254 "./usbip_setup.sh bind"
    usbip_attach
  ;;
  stop)
    usbip_detach
    ssh pi@192.168.1.254 "./usbip_setup.sh unbind"
  ;;
  shutdown)
    $0 stop
    ssh pi@192.168.1.254 "./usbip_setup.sh shutdown"
  ;;
  *)
  echo "usage: $0 attach/detach/start/stop"
  ;;
esac

This is the host side which is what you use to control the client

#!/bin/bash

usbip_bind() {
  sudo modprobe usbip_core
  sudo modprobe vhci-hcd
  sudo modprobe usbip_host
  sudo usbipd -D
  #sudo usbip bind -b 1-1.3
  sudo usbip bind -b 1-1.4.1.1
  sudo usbip bind -b 1-1.4.1.2
}

usbip_unbind() {
  #sudo usbip unbind -b 1-1.3
  sudo usbip unbind -b 1-1.4.1.1
  sudo usbip unbind -b 1-1.4.1.2
  sudo killall -9 -r usbipd
  sudo modprobe -r usbip_host
  sudo modprobe -r vhci-hcd
  sudo modprobe -r usbip_core
}

pid=""
get_pid() {
  pid=$(ps -ef | grep "$1" | grep -v "grep" | awk '{printf "%s\n", $2}')
}

killp() {
  get_pid "$1"
  while [ "${pid}" != "" ] ; do
    kill -9 ${pid}
    get_pid "$1"
  done
}

shutdown_steamlink() {
  killp "steamlink.sh"
  killp "cec-client"
  killp "steamlink-cec"
  killp "screenblank"
  killp "streaming_client"
}

case $1 in
  bind)
    usbip_bind
  ;;
  unbind)
    usbip_unbind
  ;;
  start)
    usbip_bind
    ssh dc@192.168.1.2 "./usbip_setup.sh attach"
  ;;
  stop)
    ssh dc@192.168.1.2 "./usbip_setup.sh detach"
    usbip_unbind
  ;;
  shutdown)
    shutdown_steamlink
  ;;
  *)
    echo "usage: $0 bind/unbind/start/stop"
  ;;
esac

the usb ids like 1-1.4.1.1 will be different for how ever your usb is connected

NOTE: This is a linux to linux setup with the controlling unit being my raspberry pi so I can steamlink with fully mouse control like 4th and 5th mouse button working and not accidental alt+tab making focus get lost.