Re: mouse pointer problems driving me bonkers

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:35:59AM +0200, Christoph Egger wrote:
> > #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.

that's not true, at last for Xen 3.1.x. usbdevice='tablet' makes a huge
difference for me with windows HVM guests, and a NetBSD dom0.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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