[Bug 1890208] [NEW] Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Bug 1890208] [NEW] Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Adriano Marto Reis]

Public bug reported:

The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse. I
don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers, but
I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important because I
need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to switch
between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it is quite
tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where the mouse
pointer is.

I am using:
* Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
* QEMU 4.2.0
* Fedora 32
* KDE Plasma 5.18.5

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

  I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse.
  I don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers,
  but I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important
  because I need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to
  switch between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it
  is quite tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where
  the mouse pointer is.

  I am using:
  * Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
  * QEMU 4.2.0
  * Fedora 32
  * KDE Plasma 5.18.5

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[Bug 1890208] Re: Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Thomas Huth]

Does your emulated machine have a graphics card (VGA or something
similar)? If so, you might need to remove it from the guest. Also, have
you tried to report this issue to the virt-manager project first?

** Changed in: qemu
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

Status in QEMU:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

  I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse.
  I don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers,
  but I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important
  because I need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to
  switch between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it
  is quite tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where
  the mouse pointer is.

  I am using:
  * Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
  * QEMU 4.2.0
  * Fedora 32
  * KDE Plasma 5.18.5

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[Bug 1890208] Re: Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Adriano Marto Reis]

The emulated machine (guest) has the following graphics card, according to lspci:
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Red Hat, Inc. QXL paravirtual graphic card (rev 04)

The host machine has the following graphics card:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GM107GLM [Quadro M1000M] (rev a2)

I haven't tried to report the issue to virt-manager, but I have another
computer running Debian with a similar setup and the problem does not
happen there.

** Bug watch added: github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues #251
   https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues/251

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

Status in QEMU:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

  I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse.
  I don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers,
  but I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important
  because I need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to
  switch between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it
  is quite tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where
  the mouse pointer is.

  I am using:
  * Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
  * QEMU 4.2.0
  * Fedora 32
  * KDE Plasma 5.18.5

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[Bug 1890208] Re: Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Adriano Marto Reis]

I also reported this issue in:
https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-manager/issues/251

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

Status in QEMU:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

  I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse.
  I don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers,
  but I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important
  because I need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to
  switch between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it
  is quite tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where
  the mouse pointer is.

  I am using:
  * Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
  * QEMU 4.2.0
  * Fedora 32
  * KDE Plasma 5.18.5

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[Bug 1890208] Re: Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

[Thomas Huth]

This is an automated cleanup. This bug report has been moved to QEMU's
new bug tracker on gitlab.com and thus gets marked as 'expired' now.
Please continue with the discussion here:

 https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/434


** Changed in: qemu
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

** Bug watch added: gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues #434
   https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/434

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Title:
  Mouse pointer disappears when it is over console window

Status in QEMU:
  Expired

Bug description:
  The host mouse pointer disappears when it is over a console window.

  I am emulating quite simple hardware: just text console and no mouse.
  I don't expect the mouse to have any effect on the emulated computers,
  but I need to know where the mouse pointer is. That is  important
  because I need to use the mouse to switch between applications and to
  switch between virtual machines (QEMU grabs Alt+Tab events). Also, it
  is quite tricky to work with multiple screens when we don't know where
  the mouse pointer is.

  I am using:
  * Virtual Machine Manager 2.2.1
  * QEMU 4.2.0
  * Fedora 32
  * KDE Plasma 5.18.5

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