Yes, anpok was talking about this problem in a meeting yesterday. The issue is that U8 doesn't yet understand that some devices are absolute and not relative. As such U8 tracking it's own cursor position won't work.
** Changed in: mir (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Assignee: Stephen M. Webb (bregma) => Michał Sawicz (saviq) ** Tags added: input unity8-desktop ** Also affects: qtmir (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: vm ** Changed in: qtmir (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: qtmir (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670670 Title: Unity8 pointer does not stay in sync with Qemu VM tablet input Status in Canonical System Image: Confirmed Status in mir package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in qtmir package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Each time you login, or come back from the lock screen, you need to "recalibrate" the pointer by carefully moving the pointer into each corner. Contrast this with unity7, where the absolute position of the virtual tablet pointer is tracked, and sync is never lost. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1670670/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp