Thought I might add: The qemu command line option equivalents for mouse and keyboard:
-object input-linux,id=kbd,evdev=/dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd,repeat=on,grab_all=on \ -object input-linux,id=ms1,evdev=/dev/input/by-id/usb-ROCCAT_ROCCAT_Kone_Pure-event-mouse -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1654826 Title: Holding key down using input-linux freezes guest Status in QEMU: New Bug description: Qemu release version 2.8.0 KVM, kernel 4.9.1 When using the -object input-linux capability in qemu for passthrough of input/evdev devices, I found that when a key is held for a few seconds or more (such as ctrl key), the guest system freezes until the key is released. In some cases, mouse control is also lost following one of these "freezes". I also noticed that one of the four cpu cores I have the guest pinned to ramps to 100% during these freezes. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1654826/+subscriptions