Solved Mouse doesn't work on FreeBSD 13 running on QEMU linux VM

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rempas

Hi everyone! I want to try out freebsd but I have a problem and no matter how much I searched for a solution, I wasn't able to fix my problem. When I'm starting X, my mouse doesn't work. The cursor sits in the middle of the screen and doesn't move. I tried with XFCE and AwesomeWM and the same for both of them. Any ideas of what may going on?

Edit: Almost 3 years later and now on FreeBSD 14, I finally found the solution! Downloading the packages showed by tux2bsd and adding utouch_load="yes" into /boot/loader.conf and then, rebooting, did the trick! Thanks for the help everyone and if anyone needs more help, let me know!
 
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OK. I got somewhere. Working in that it is usable.

Add input device "EvTouch USB Graphics Tablet" in virt-manager.

In the guest:

pkg install utouch-kmod xf86-input-evdev

edit /boot/loader.conf as instructed.

reboot (guest)

Other stuff to dabble with change from Spice to VNC in virt-manager. (The spice change may not be needed... I haven't experimented enough.) There is mention of 'libspice-server' and 'spice-protocol'.

More information here:

https://tips.graphica.com.au/freebsd-gnome-on-qemu/ (John, if you see this you're a legend!)
 
I get a problem where the resolution of the VM doesn't fit the "resize to VM" thing in virt-manager - it's really annoying.

But it is usable.
 
tux2bsd said:
OK. I got somewhere. Working in that it is usable.

Add input device "EvTouch USB Graphics Tablet" in virt-manager.

In the guest:

pkg install utouch-kmod xf86-input-evdev

edit /boot/loader.conf as instructed.

reboot (guest)

Other stuff to dabble with change from Spice to VNC in virt-manager. (The spice change may not be needed... I haven't experimented enough.) There is mention of 'libspice-server' and 'spice-protocol'.

More information here:

https://tips.graphica.com.au/freebsd-gnome-on-qemu/ (John, if you see this you're a legend!)
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thank you so much it works
 
Had similar problem with virt-manager under Arch Linux and FreeBSD14.2 as guest

Add hardware -> Input -> Choose USB Mouse (instead of Evtouch what was default) worked for me
Also installed:
spice-protocol
utouch-kmod
xf86-input-evdev
But im not sure if those pkg's was necessary or which one of them
 
archyboy said:
Had similar problem with virt-manager under Arch Linux and FreeBSD14.2 as guest

Add hardware -> Input -> Choose USB Mouse (instead of Evtouch what was default) worked for me
Also installed:
spice-protocol
utouch-kmod
xf86-input-evdev
But im not sure if those pkg's was necessary or which one of them
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Spice-protocol was it for me. Thanks.
Edit: I spoke too soon. Although the mouse responds it is very glitchy. It kind of jumps backwards to it's previous position as I track it along a straight line.
 
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