f18 vm inside f17 updated host needs tablet

[Adam Williamson]

On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 17:48 +0100, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> Hello,
> testing what in subject, without the tablet definition in guest I'm
> unable to use my mouse:
> the pointer moves, but the click doesn't produce any effect...
> 
> Instead the graphical install phae of F18 tc7 from netinst.iso in the
> same vm was without problems regarding mouse, only after reboot
> 
> I supposed that nowadays tablet was not necessary any more....
> (I was told it consumed cycles of cpu to have it inside guest)
> Any hints? 
> 
> The link in xml file I had to add for the mouse to be able to work
> was:
> 
> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>

IIRC the use of a tablet was actually *added* in recent releases because
it makes the pointer tracking more accurate and avoids the double-cursor
effect.
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