December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM, "jl.alarcon--- via Bug reports for the GNU Hurd" 
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> 
> 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
> 
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> 
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That is fairly odd! haha.  Maybe try running qemu under X (Xfce, etc.) and see 
if the problem persists ?

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