On 2020-03-18 4:22 p.m., Simon Ser wrote: >> >> On 3/18/20 3:38 PM, Simon Ser wrote: >>> >>>> 1) Letting the VM-viewer window-system draw the cursor as it normally >>>> would draw it. >>> >>> Why is this important? Can't the VM viewer hide the cursor and use a >>> sub-surface to manually draw the cursor plane configured by the guest? >> >> Because then moving the cursor as seen by the user requires a round trip >> through the VM and that adds latency, esp. when the VM viewer is viewing >> a VM which is running somewhere else over the network. > > The video output has latency anyway. Sounds like you've never tried the two different modes yourself? :) IME it makes a big difference even with a local VM. Even very little latency can make the cursor feel awkward, like it's being held back by a rubber band or something. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | https://redhat.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
