[Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Rui Carmo]

Hello,

I was wondering about the status of the VNC patch that was available  
a few months back (i.e., whether it's still useful for 0.7.2) and  
whether or not it was being considered for inclusion in the main  
source tree.

Regards,

Rui Carmo
http://the.taoofmac.com

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Iain McFarlane]

Rui,

VNC support has now been added to cvs

Regards,

Iain

On Saturday 08 Oct 2005 10:52, Rui Carmo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was wondering about the status of the VNC patch that was available
> a few months back (i.e., whether it's still useful for 0.7.2) and
> whether or not it was being considered for inclusion in the main
> source tree.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rui Carmo
> http://the.taoofmac.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Qemu-devel mailing list
> Qemu-devel@nongnu.org
> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/qemu-devel

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Iain McFarlane wrote:

> VNC support has now been added to cvs

Am I missing something? I don't see it.

Furthermore, the main problem still prevails: There is no sane way to get 
the mouse running yet. I played around with a tablet patch someone sent 
me, but could not get it to run with a Win98 guest. Since this is my main 
use for qemu+vnc, I need a solution for this case.

Ciao,
Dscho

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Troy Benjegerdes]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:29:27PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Iain McFarlane wrote:
> 
> > VNC support has now been added to cvs
> 
> Am I missing something? I don't see it.
> 
> Furthermore, the main problem still prevails: There is no sane way to get 
> the mouse running yet. I played around with a tablet patch someone sent 
> me, but could not get it to run with a Win98 guest. Since this is my main 
> use for qemu+vnc, I need a solution for this case.

I gave up and installed VNC in the guest OS, and then used '-redir'. But
GUI/mouse responsiveness seemed pretty slow that way.

I think the best solution would be for someone to write a special qemu mouse
driver for windows.

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Brad Campbell]

Troy Benjegerdes wrote:
>> Furthermore, the main problem still prevails: There is no sane way to get 
>> the mouse running yet. I played around with a tablet patch someone sent 
>> me, but could not get it to run with a Win98 guest. Since this is my main 
>> use for qemu+vnc, I need a solution for this case.
> 
> I gave up and installed VNC in the guest OS, and then used '-redir'. But
> GUI/mouse responsiveness seemed pretty slow that way.
> 
> I think the best solution would be for someone to write a special qemu mouse
> driver for windows.

This is where win4lin-pro comes into its own.  They have grafted on their own graphics driver and 
load a little applet that keeps the mouse perfectly synchronised. It works well over vnc. (or did in 
any case, I have not booted it for quite a while)

-- 
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability
to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable
for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Rui Carmo]

Thanks, I'll look into CVS.

My primary use for it is being able to access Linux VM consoles -   
although I'm curious as to the mouse issues other folk are mentioning  
- is it a Win98 specific issue? (the only Windows I run inside QEMU  
is XP, and I use RDP to reach that...)

Regards,

Rui Carmo
http://the.taoofmac.com

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Jernej Simončič]

On Sunday, October 9, 2005, 11:30:28, Rui Carmo wrote:

> My primary use for it is being able to access Linux VM consoles -   
> although I'm curious as to the mouse issues other folk are mentioning  
> - is it a Win98 specific issue? (the only Windows I run inside QEMU  
> is XP, and I use RDP to reach that...)

I thought the problem only occurred when mouse pointer acceleration was
enabled...

-- 
< Jernej Simoncic ><><><><>< http://deepthought.ena.si/ >

The only imperfect thing in nature is the human race.
       -- Fowler's Note

Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status?

[Johannes Schindelin]

Hi,

On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Jernej Simon?i? wrote:

> On Sunday, October 9, 2005, 11:30:28, Rui Carmo wrote:
> 
> > My primary use for it is being able to access Linux VM consoles -   
> > although I'm curious as to the mouse issues other folk are mentioning  
> > - is it a Win98 specific issue? (the only Windows I run inside QEMU  
> > is XP, and I use RDP to reach that...)
> 
> I thought the problem only occurred when mouse pointer acceleration was
> enabled...

... which is the default almost everywhere. And most of the time, they 
make it really difficult for regular users to change that.

Ciao,
Dscho