Re: Problem with the mouse using qemu from Hyprland

El Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:22:41 +0100
Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez <[email protected]> escribió:
> Hello.
> 
> I recently installed the Hyprland tile-based window manager (not on
> Debian GNU/Hurd, of course, but on Linux). From this manager, the
> qemu- kvm emulator for running my Hurd image works as well and as
> fast as ever for booting the Hurd guest system. However, there's a
> significant problem. It seems that due to some quirk of Hyprland,
> when qemu captures the mouse, the buttons are usable and responsive,
> but the pointer doesn't move. It's stuck in the center of the Debian
> Hurd desktop, completely immobile. Again, this isn't due to GNU/Hurd;
> the same thing would happen if the guest system were any Linux
> distribution, Windows, or anything else.
> 

In case in the future anyone would wish run Hurd under qemu under
hyprland: after a "deep research" refered not to GNU/Hurd, but to
how run games on hyperland, i did learn there are an application named
gamescope. After checking that it works with some games, i said to
myself..."what if i apply this to Qemu and Debian Hurd?":

$ gamescope --force-grab-cursor -- kvm --enable-kvm _M 3G -drive 
file=Hurd.img,cache=writeback -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -vga qxl

And voilá!. Qemu is running Debian GNU/Hurd and the mouse is working as
well as it do with X11/Xorg.

Best Regards.
Jose Luis.

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