[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#779607: Bug#779607: virt-manager: mouse cursor is captured on vm startup or window open

[Guido Günther]

tags 779607 +moreinfo
tags 779607 +unreproducible
thanks

On Tue, Mar 03, 2015 at 01:25:13AM +0100, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> Package: virt-manager
> Version: 1:1.0.1-3
> Severity: important
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> When you start vm or when you open window with already running vm, mouse cursor
> is captured.
> 
> I have xfce environment.
> 
> The bug happens when you start vm or open existing vm the second time. On the
> first vm start, the cursor is not captured.
> 
> When the cursor is captured, it still moves around the whole screen, but I
> can't click on anything. Sometimes, the cursor jumps.
> 
> This bug can even cause lockup of the whole desktop environment. If I click on
> the VM start icon and quickly move the cursor to another window and select it
> before the VM starts, virt-manager captures the mouse cursor even if different
> window is selected. Now, the user can't select any other window and can't
> release the cursor (because Ctrl+Alt is sent to the current window, not to
> virt-manager). The only way how to resolve this lockup is to switch to console
> and kill virt-manager.

Hypervisor? Display Type? VM Configuratin?
 -- Guido