December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM, "jl.alarcon--- via Bug reports for the GNU Hurd" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22jl.alarcon---%20via%20Bug%20reports%20for%20the%20GNU%20Hurd%22%20%3Cbug-hurd%40gnu.org%3E > wrote:
> > 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. > > I'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: > > $ kvm -enable-kvm -M q35 -m 3G -drive file=Hurd.img,cache=writeback - > net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -vga qxl & > > If anyone has any suggestions or comments, I'd be happy to hear them. > > Thanks in advance. > > Regards. > Jose Luis > > -- > https://lordofunix.org/ > > Not Registered GNU/Hurd User. > Registered BSD User 51101. > Registered Linux User #213309. > Memories..... You are talking about memories. > Rick Deckard. Blade Runner. That is fairly odd! haha. Maybe try running qemu under X (Xfce, etc.) and see if the problem persists ?
