From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6Bg1-0002FV-9g for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:33:13 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E6Bfx-0002DV-Ku for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:33:11 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E6Bfx-0002Cs-Ai for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:33:09 -0400 Received: from [195.250.128.75] (helo=smtp2.vol.cz) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E6Bs8-0008In-GM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:45:44 -0400 Received: from [10.0.0.2] (prg-v-6-220.static.adsl.vol.cz [62.177.70.220]) by smtp2.vol.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4E9F60E95 for ; Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:28:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <430624E6.5070007@reactos.com> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:28:54 +0200 From: Filip Navara MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU display problem w/ in terminal server client (Windows XPHost) References: <20050819175318.93538.qmail@web50501.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050819175318.93538.qmail@web50501.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org 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