Bug 1129967 - usbdevice = "tablet" doesn't work with rhel5.11 xen guest
Summary: usbdevice = "tablet" doesn't work with rhel5.11 xen guest
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel-xen
Version: 5.11
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
low
low
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Xen Maintainance List
QA Contact: Virtualization Bugs
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-08-14 05:55 UTC by Lingfei Kong
Modified: 2017-04-18 22:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2017-04-18 22:04:24 UTC
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usbdevice_2.png (194.52 KB, image/png)
2014-08-14 05:56 UTC, Lingfei Kong
no flags Details

Description Lingfei Kong 2014-08-14 05:55:04 UTC
Description of problem:
Add the following line to rhel5.11 xen guest's configure file and create the guest:
usbdevice = "tablet"

When enter into the graphical model, the mouse pointer appears to lag behind the small dot indicating the current position in the window(see attachment usbdevice_2.png).
It also doesn't work with rhel5.10 guest.

As rhel5.11 is the last rhel5 release and now at the end of  rhel5.11 release, also this bug is not a critical or regression bug, so it maybe not worth fixing it, just file it for documented purpose. 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Guest: RHEL5.11-Server-20140731.0

Xen Host: RHEL5.11-Server-20140731.0
kernel-xen-2.6.18-398.el5
xen-3.0.3-144.el5

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download rhel5.11 iso file as /root/boot.iso
2. Create raw format guest image:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/lib/xen/images/hvm-5.11-64-1.img bs=1M count=1 seek=10000
3. Install the guest using the following vm configure file:
#cat hvm-5.11-64-1.cfg
name = "hvm-5.11-64-1"
maxmem = 1024
memory = 1024
vcpus = 4
builder = "hvm"
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
boot = "d"
pae = 1
acpi = 1
apic = 1
sdl = 0
vnc = 1
vncunused = 1
vnclisten = "0.0.0.0"
keymap = "en-us"
on_poweroff = "rename-restart"
on_reboot = "rename-restart"
on_crash = "rename-restart"
device_model = "/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm"
disk = ["tap:aio:/var/lib/xen/images/hvm-5.11-64-1.img,xvda,w","file:/root/boot.iso,hdc:cdrom,r"]
vif = [ "mac=00:16:36:43:73:e7,bridge=xenbr0,script=vif-bridge"]
serial = "pty"
usbdevice = "tablet"
usb=1

Actual results:
When enter into the graphical model,  the mouse pointer appears to lag behind the small dot indicating the current position in the window.

Expected results:
After the guest has been started and a new vncviewer session is established, the mouse pointer should track properly as the mouse is moved around the VNC window.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Lingfei Kong 2014-08-14 05:56:19 UTC
Created attachment 926654 [details]
usbdevice_2.png

Comment 2 Lingfei Kong 2014-08-15 00:28:16 UTC
It works well for RHEL6.6 and RHEL7.0

Comment 4 Chris Williams 2017-04-18 22:04:24 UTC
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 shipped it's last minor release, 5.11, on September 14th, 2014. On March 31st, 2017 RHEL 5 exited Production Phase 3 and entered Extended Life Phase. For RHEL releases in the Extended Life Phase, Red Hat  will provide limited ongoing technical support. No bug fixes, security fixes, hardware enablement or root-cause analysis will be available during this phase, and support will be provided on existing installations only.  If the customer purchases the Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS), certain critical-impact security fixes and selected urgent priority bug fixes for the last minor release will be provided.  For more details please consult the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle Page:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata

This BZ does not appear to meet ELS criteria so is being closed WONTFIX. If this BZ is critical for your environment and you have an Extended Life-cycle Support Add-on entitlement, please open a case in the Red Hat Customer Portal, https://access.redhat.com ,provide a thorough business justification and ask that the BZ be re-opened for consideration of an errata. Please note, only certain critical-impact security fixes and selected urgent priority bug fixes for the last minor release can be considered.


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