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kasperd
Asked: 2016-02-08 07:30:30 +0800 CST

How can I get a mouse cursor in qemu?

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I am using 14.04 on an AMD64 compatible system. Inside this system I am trying to run a virtual machine also with 14.04. I start qemu with this command:

qemu-system-x86_64 -cdrom ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso -m 2048

Ubuntu boots inside qemu. But as soon as I move the mouse inside the qemu window, the cursor turns invisible. I can click on items just inside the border of the virtual screen, and this works so I know the mouse emulation is sort of working.

However since the cursor is invisible I have no idea where I am clicking when I try to click on something close to the center of the virtual screen.

What do I need to do to make the mouse cursor visible in qemu?

14.04

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  1. Best Answer

    It turns out all I had to do was to add -show-cursor to the command line. Additionally I found that adding -enable-kvm reduced the bootup time from 10 minutes to 45 seconds. This version works:

    qemu-system-x86_64 -show-cursor -enable-kvm -cdrom ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso -m 2048

    I find it a bit puzzling why this is not turned on by default.

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