Re: mouse pointer problems driving me bonkers

["Michael Litchard" <michael%schmong.org@localhost>]

Yes! That's something I can do. I'll go look for the qemu package. If
I have questions concerning the port, would I bring them here or
current-users?


Michael Litchard

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Christoph Egger 
<Christoph_Egger%gmx.de@localhost> wrote:
> 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.
>
> [...]
>
>> #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
>