If there is anything I can do to help or provide more information, let me know. 
 I am a software engineer by trade and I am comfortable digging into the 
problem but I have no idea where to look.
Adam
________________________________________
From: Jim Fehlig [[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 6:44 PM
To: Shrader, Adam N
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Mouse issue with Windows XP guest on OpenSUSE 
12.1 KVM

Shrader, Adam N wrote:
> I downloaded virt-manager 0.9.1-95.1 from the repo you specified and the 
> problem is still there.
Hmm, well thanks for trying that package

>   There is not a special guest mouse driver I am supposed to have install on 
> Windows XP, is there?
>

No special mouse driver needed.

I'll see if I can find some time to reproduce your issue.

Regards,
Jim

> Adam
> ________________________________________
> From: Jim Fehlig [[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:39 PM
> To: Shrader, Adam N
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Mouse issue with Windows XP guest on OpenSUSE 
> 12.1 KVM
>
> Shrader, Adam N wrote:
>
>> I have a Windows XP guest running under KVM on OpenSUSE 12.1 x86-64 and I am 
>> using Virtual Machine Manager 0.9.0 to access the guest. It has an issue 
>> where the mouse cursor disappears when it is moved over any type of editable 
>> text. It does not matter what the program is, this issue affects all of them 
>> (Word, login window, etc). Under virt-manager I have changed the default 
>> input device from the simulated table input device to the PS/2 mouse but 
>> then the VM's mouse cursor does not match the host's mouse cursor at all. 
>> The distance between the host and guest mouses varies wildly and the guests 
>> mouse often jumps around erratically when near the edge of the VM's window. 
>> I also tried having both the simulated tablet input device and the PS/2 
>> device active at the same time but the problem still showed itself when I 
>> tried to log in and the Windows XP guest crashes with a BSOD immediately 
>> after login.
>>
>> Anybody else seeing this problem or have any ideas?
>>
>>
>
> I recall a bug report about mouse issues, which was fixed I believe.
> Can you try the virt-manager package from this repo
>
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization/openSUSE_12.1/
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>
>
>


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