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From: Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject: Re: Laptop as KVM to access RasPi
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 09:29:58 +0100
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David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> writes:
> 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 recall PuTTY having some X11 extension, but I use VNC which, I
> suspect, is LAN/WiFi only.

PuTTY can do X11 forwarding over SSH, but you still need to provide an X
display. 

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