For server mode mouse to work properly with spice, vmport must be
disabled in qemu. To do this, we need to pass vmport=off to the -machine
option.
---
docs/manual/manual.txt | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt
index 2dcc6182a..df3c17d7c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ population. I assume that you have a locally stored ISO of your
favourite operating system so you can use it for installation.
[source,sh]
-host$ qemu-kvm -boot order=dc -vga qxl \
+host$ qemu-kvm -machine vmport=off \
+ -boot order=dc -vga qxl \
-spice port=3001,disable-ticketing -soundhw hda \
-device virtio-serial -chardev spicevmc,id=vdagent,debug=0,name=vdagent \
-device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 \
@@ -248,9 +249,11 @@ host$ qemu-kvm -boot order=dc -vga qxl \
Let's take a brief look at the qemu options that were used. The option
-`-boot order=dc` specifies that the guest system should try to boot
-from the first cdrom and then fallback to the first disk, `-vga qxl`
-specifies that qemu uses a qxl graphics device.
+`-machine vmport=off` disables VMWare IO port emulation, which is
+necessary for server mode mouse to work properly with spice. The option `-boot
+order=dc` specifies that the guest system should try to boot from the first
+cdrom and then fallback to the first disk, `-vga qxl` specifies that qemu uses
+a qxl graphics device.
The Spice `port` option defines what port will be used for
communication with the client. The Spice option `disable-ticketing` is
--
2.13.5
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