Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU display problem w/ in terminal server client (Windows XPHost)

[Filip Navara <navaraf@reactos.com>]

Francois Rioux wrote:

> I'm exploring QEMU Windows guests under Windows (XP Pro) host.  I've 
> successfully installed W2000 Adv Server, BartPE as guests.
>  
> At some point, I've tried to launch and work with QEMU in a Remote 
> Desktop  (terminal server, RDP) session. The result is the following:
>  - No crash.  Both host and guest keep running.
>  
> But for the rest, it is not really usable because of the following 
> problems.
>  - Text mode display in the guest is displayed in the upper corner of 
> the host in the terminal client window.  This regardless of where the 
> QEMU window is positionned on the screen.  The same sometimes happens 
> with the graphical mode, but not always.
>  - The mouse does not behave properly in the QEMU window when QEMU has 
> grabbed the mouse.
>  
> The text mode display (while booting) problem could not be an issue.  
> The mouse problem renders the Window based unusable.  The problem goes 
> beyond just positionning in the window: when I move the mouse, the 
> arrow inside the guest sometimes moves but not in a coordinated way.  
> It might cross the screen faster than the external mouse arrow but it 
> does not always move up when the mouse moves up.  It would normally 
> stick in the upper left corner of the QEMU window.
>  
> I know QEMU for Windows is in alpha but does anyone have a clue on why 
> this happens and if it it can be fixed.

Try entering this on command line before running QEMU:
set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=*windib*

- Filip