Re: Working on an entry-level project

Cam Macdonell
2007-10-31T18:18:29Z

Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:33:43 -0600
> Cam Macdonell <cam-edFDblaTWIyXbbII50Afww@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
>>> On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 12:39:15 +0200
>>>
>>> Even if it doesn't bring any performance benefits, I think that
>>> having a smoothly moving mouse cursor is useful, if you intend to
>>> run a desktop operating system inside QEMU. The current refresh
>>> rate QEMU uses is quite low and the mouse interactivity is poor in
>>> comparison with vmware
>>> + vmware tools.
>>>
>>> I am currently using the attached patch to improve the mouse
>>> interactivity - it shortens the screen refresh interval to 10 ms
>>> when the mouse or keyboard is active, and returns to 30 ms after a
>>> 100 ms inactivity period.
>>>
>> Hi Jindrich,
>>
>> Thanks for posting this. Is there a particular guest that you find
>> best demonstrates this?
>
> IMO any guest that uses the mouse. I use KVM to run WindowsXP,
> where the effect is clearly visible, but it will be the same in XWindow.

Hi Jindrich,

Sorry for the delay in getting on this. I notice your patch stalls the
system when -vnc is used. Do you have any idea why? I'll look into it,
but I thought I should check with you first.

Thanks,