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

[Ryan Rempel <rgrempel@gmail.com>]

On 4/25/05, Oliver Gerlich <olig9@gmx.de> wrote:

> 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.
> 
> 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...

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

Using CTRL+ALT was working with your patch, so no bug there ...