Re: Fw: Problem with the mouse using qemu from Hyprland

December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM, "jl.alarcon--- via Bug reports for the GNU =
Hurd" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=3D%22jl.alarcon---%20v=
ia%20Bug%20reports%20for%20the%20GNU%20Hurd%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E=
 > wrote:



>=20
>=20Hello.
>=20
>=20I 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.
>=20
>=20I'm reaching out to the mailing list in case anyone here has also
> worked with Hyprland and knows what I'm talking about and has managed
> to solve this problem. Several AIs have told me that switching from
> relative mouse emulation (PS/2 or USB mouse) to absolute positioning
> (USB tablet) has been reported to solve this problem, but I've tried
> several command-line options that start qemu without success. Here's
> the shell command I usually use with the GNU/Hurd image:
>=20
>=20$ kvm -enable-kvm -M q35 -m 3G -drive file=3DHurd.img,cache=3Dwriteba=
ck -
> net nic,model=3Drtl8139 -net user -vga qxl &
>=20
>=20If anyone has any suggestions or comments, I'd be happy to hear them.
>=20
>=20Thanks in advance.
>=20
>=20Regards.
> Jose Luis
>=20
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That is fairly odd! haha.  Maybe try running qemu under X (Xfce, etc.) an=
d see if the problem persists=20?