Re: Bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1618301 - any hint/workaround?

[Philipp Ammann]

Am 05.10.20 um 08:11 schrieb Thomas Huth:
> On 03/10/2020 20.05, Kamil Jońca wrote:
>>
>> I have some ancient archive machines in virtualbox. These mainly NT 4.0.
>> [...]
> 
> Have you tried to use "-device usb-mouse" instead? ... maybe that
> behaves differently...
> 

Does NT 4 even support USB? I suspect the headache will be bigger than
the benefit ;-)

I'd use vmmouse. You need to set vmport=on and install the drivers. This
is also mentioned here:

  https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Guest_Support_Status

You can find the drivers on winPre2k.iso. That ISO is included with
VMware Player. If you choose that route can also use VMware SVGA (-vga
vmware) and possibly VMXNET3 (-net nic,model=vmxnet3; I haven't tried).

BUT: The EULA might forbid you to use those drivers on anything other
than VMware. However, I'm not sure this applies in the EU because of
interoperability laws. I'm not a lawyer, you have to decide for yourself.