[Qemu-devel] Re: [Patch] Release mouse at window edges

[Oliver Gerlich <olig9@gmx.de>]

Ryan Rempel wrote:
> I've been using your patch for releasing the mouse at window edges
> (the -autograb path) successfully with a Windows 98 guest. However,
> I'm now trying to set up a Windows 2000 guest, and the mouse isn't
> releasing -- things work as they would without the patch.
> 
> Is this a known issue, or is it working for you with a Windows 2000 guest?
> 

This is a known issue. I think the standard Cirrus graphics driver in 
Win2k doesn't support hardware cursors, so autograb doesn't work 
out-of-the-box.
There's a newer graphics driver for Win2k at 
http://www.hofnet.com/fire/browse.asp?target=%5CCIRRUS%20LOGIC%5CCL-GD5446%5CDRIVERS%5CWIN2000

This driver supports hardware cursors; but you still have to use 
non-colored mouse cursors and disable mouse shadow. It then works nicely 
for me.

Btw. you should always be able to release mouse by pressing CTRL+ALT. If 
this doesn't work with my patch, it's a bug...

Oliver Gerlich