Re: mouse pointer problems driving me bonkers

[Christoph Egger <Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost>]

Michael Litchard wrote:
> I've got an hvm netbsd instance. When I start X, I find that the two
> pointers (the hvm pointer, and the 'outside' pointer)
> don't stay very close together. What will happen, is that the hvm
> pointer can't move to certain parts of the window
> based on where the 'other' pointer is. If I move to the right, and the
> other pointer reaches the edge of the window, the hvm pointer will
> stop, and I have to fidget with it, to get it to go where I want it to
> go.
> Is there a fix, or workaround? If not, is there a way I can help fix this?
> Here's my cfg file.

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> #Xen emulates a PS/2 mouse, but the pointer in the guest has difficulties
> # tracking the absolute position. Xen can emulate a USB tablet in addition
> # to the mouse which will report the absolute position of the pointer,
> # and make the mouse much easier to use.
> #
> usb=1
> usbdevice='tablet'
> #usbdevice='mouse'

The comment here exactly describes the problem you're observing. The
config setting is correct, but unfortunately the USB settings have no
effect on non-Linux systems. The qemu USB support is Linux-only.

However, there are some patches in OpenBSD's qemu package which add
USB support to BSD. Maybe you want to take them, port to NetBSD
and then send the patches upstream ?
OpenBSD is somehow failing in sending patches upstream.

Christoph