Qemu: mouse doesn't work

[Reid Linnemann]

Written by Michael Gerhards on 10/26/07 10:58>>
> Hello! 
>  
> I installed Qemu 0.9.0 with kqemu 1.3.0.p11 on FreeBSD 6.2 in order to
> get Kanotix running under FreeBSD. 
>   
> Kanotix boots well under qemu (I use the ISO-image) - but after the KDE
> desktop appears, my mouse doesn't work properly any more.  When I move
> my mouse, the cursor sometimes moves a bit in the same direction,
> sometimes it jumps to the other side of the Kanotix desktop - and every
> few seconds the moving cursor disappears. But I can see some "old"
> cursors that did not disappear as I moved my mouse. So I cannot work
> with Kanotix under qemu at all because I don't really see where the
> cursor is when I move my mouse. 
>     
> I already tried using "-usbdevice tablet", I tried setting
> SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0 and I even tried to use Qemu via vnc - nothing
> solves my problem. 
>      
> Any ideas how I could get Kanotix working under Qemu? What might cause
> the trouble in my case? Is this problem caused by Qemu or is it caused
> by FreeBSD?
> 
> Many thanks in advance, 
>       
> Michael

You might try unloading kqemu, some systems don't do too well with the
kqemu accelerator.