From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EOSs7-00060w-It for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:33:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EOSs5-00060h-A9 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:33:15 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EOSs5-00060d-37 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:33:13 -0400 Received: from [203.190.192.17] (helo=wasp.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EOSs4-0001OI-T5 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:33:13 -0400 Message-ID: <43489DA8.4030408@wasp.net.au> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:33:44 +0400 From: Brad Campbell MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] VNC patch status? References: <200510081258.02620.imcfarla@tiscali.co.uk> <20051008224838.GD4612@kalmia.hozed.org> In-Reply-To: <20051008224838.GD4612@kalmia.hozed.org> 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 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