Running under XenServer

[Russell Purinton]

Hi,

I just installed Android-x86 6.0 under Citrix XenServer.

It was a bit tricky to get installed.

First try, it just hung after the GRUB install question.

I booted with gparted Live CD and partitioned the drive first. It made it past the Grub question this time, however answering Yes to GRUB EFI caused it to fail to boot.

I re-installed, skipping GRUB EFI and it now boots.

First boot gives CLI only. I had to boot in debug mode, and edit the grub menu.lst to add video=-16 vga=788.

Now android will boot graphically. During the initial setup, it asks about Wi-Fi which I skip. It then tries to Check for Updates using Google Play Services, however I get an error that Google Play Services has stopped.

I had to shutdown, remove the virtual NIC, reboot, then finally it would allow me to complete the setup wizard.

I re-added the NIC and rebooted. I now have internet access!

items that are still plaguing me:
1) It seems to emulate a touch screen. To use the mouse, I have to click and drag the cursor around. This makes several tasks very difficult. Is there a way to get a mouse cursor working?

2) Google Play Services still immediately crashes. After searching this group a bit, It seems that Google Play requires a GPU? I do not have GPU passthru available on this system. Is there something I can do to disable GPU in the OS so that I can get Google Play Services to run?


I fear without these 2 things both resolved, then it will be fairly pointless to have this VM at all.

Thanks, and great work on the project!

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-06-23 9:44 GMT+08:00 Russell Purinton <russell....@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I just installed Android-x86 6.0 under Citrix XenServer.
>
> It was a bit tricky to get installed.
>
> First try, it just hung after the GRUB install question.
>
> I booted with gparted Live CD and partitioned the drive first. It made it past the Grub question this time, however answering Yes to GRUB EFI caused it to fail to boot.
>
> I re-installed, skipping GRUB EFI and it now boots.
>
> First boot gives CLI only. I had to boot in debug mode, and edit the grub menu.lst to add video=-16 vga=788.
>
> Now android will boot graphically. During the initial setup, it asks about Wi-Fi which I skip. It then tries to Check for Updates using Google Play Services, however I get an error that Google Play Services has stopped.
>
> I had to shutdown, remove the virtual NIC, reboot, then finally it would allow me to complete the setup wizard.
>
> I re-added the NIC and rebooted. I now have internet access!
>
> items that are still plaguing me:
> 1) It seems to emulate a touch screen. To use the mouse, I have to click and drag the cursor around. This makes several tasks very difficult. Is there a way to get a mouse cursor working?

Define the idc file for your input device
and set it to pointer.
Read https://source.android.com/devices/input/input-device-configuration-files.html

> 2) Google Play Services still immediately crashes. After searching this group a bit, It seems that Google Play requires a GPU? I do not have GPU passthru available on this system. Is there something I can do to disable GPU in the OS so that I can get Google Play Services to run?

This will be solved in -rc2.

--
Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

[Ilian Iliev]

Hello guys,

We are running Android-x86 in AWS (under their Xen and on local Xen as well). As soon as we get that thing on a stable ground I'll make a blog post and if you guys wish we could add technical documentation + source code fixes in order to run Android-x86 in AWS.
@Chih-Wei: Could you please share some knowledge with us regarding the Google Play services issue? I am really curious about this but it seems I don't have enough skills to find it out myself.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

Nice. Please submit the patches.
Thanks.

> @Chih-Wei: Could you please share some knowledge with us regarding the Google Play services issue? I am really curious about this but it seems I don't have enough skills to find it out myself.

The prebuilt webview crashed in GpuThread since
some required GLES extensions are missed.
Thanks to Pstglia / Mauro's efforts this has been fixed
the experimental mesa-12.0 branch in the SF repo.

[Dong Geng]

Hi,

   do you have the fix patch for system crash issue in the intel Xen server ? I found Android-x86 5.1-rc1 does not have such issue, only 6.0 has this issue.

[Russell Purinton]

thanks.  i'll wait for rc2 and try again

[Russell Purinton]

I've read thru that, but I'm still having trouble getting it working...

Here's my dumpsys input

INPUT MANAGER (dumpsys input)

Event Hub State:

  BuiltInKeyboardId: -2

  Devices:

    -1: Virtual

      Classes: 0x40000023

      Path: <virtual>

      Descriptor: a718a782d34bc767f4689c232d64d527998ea7fd

      Location:

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId: <virtual>

      Identifier: bus=0x0000, vendor=0x0000, product=0x0000, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Virtual.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    1: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse

      Classes: 0x00000008

      Path: /dev/input/event6

      Descriptor: 6aa284bb39ab042267f19eb6334dcf88b2e54153

      Location: isa0060/serio1/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0002, product=0x0006, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile:

      KeyCharacterMapFile:

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    2: Android Power Button

      Classes: 0x00000001

      Path: /dev/input/event5

      Descriptor: 121a35665e29ab67eb240e688adc943dd337ad5c

      Location:

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0000, vendor=0x0000, product=0x0000, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Generic.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    3: Sleep Button

      Classes: 0x00000001

      Path: /dev/input/event1

      Descriptor: 954faadc99bb5a7c1d0537b923e0490c90b47e98

      Location: LNXSLPBN/button/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0019, vendor=0x0000, product=0x0003, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Generic.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    5: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard

      Classes: 0x00000003

      Path: /dev/input/event4

      Descriptor: 485d69228e24f5e46da1598745890b214130dbc4

      Location: isa0060/serio0/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0001, product=0x0001, version=0xab41

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Generic.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet

      Classes: 0x80000004

      Path: /dev/input/event2

      Descriptor: 1a121864461dff60a332e399a9a594b35df6f221

      Location: usb-0000:00:01.2-2/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId: 1

      Identifier: bus=0x0003, vendor=0x0627, product=0x0001, version=0x0001

      KeyLayoutFile:

      KeyCharacterMapFile:

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

Input Reader State:

  Device -1: Virtual

    Generation: 2

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00000301

    KeyboardType: 2

    Keyboard Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        HasAssociatedDisplay: false

        OrientationAware: false

        HandlesKeyRepeat: false

      KeyboardType: 2

      Orientation: 0

      KeyDowns: 0 keys currently down

      MetaState: 0x0

      DownTime: 0

  Device 1: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse

    Generation: 15

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00002002

    KeyboardType: 0

    Motion Ranges:

      X: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=799.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      Y: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=599.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      PRESSURE: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      VSCROLL: source=0x00002002, min=-1.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      HSCROLL: source=0x00002002, min=-1.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

    Cursor Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        HasAssociatedDisplay: true

        Mode: pointer

        OrientationAware: false

      XScale: 1.000

      YScale: 1.000

      XPrecision: 1.000

      YPrecision: 1.000

      HaveVWheel: true

      HaveHWheel: true

      VWheelScale: 1.000

      HWheelScale: 1.000

      Orientation: 0

      ButtonState: 0x00000000

      Down: false

      DownTime: 0

  Device 2: Android Power Button

    Generation: 10

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00000101

    KeyboardType: 1

    Keyboard Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        HasAssociatedDisplay: false

        OrientationAware: false

        HandlesKeyRepeat: false

      KeyboardType: 1

      Orientation: 0

      KeyDowns: 0 keys currently down

      MetaState: 0x0

      DownTime: 0

  Device 3: Sleep Button

    Generation: 8

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00000101

    KeyboardType: 1

    Keyboard Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        HasAssociatedDisplay: false

        OrientationAware: false

        HandlesKeyRepeat: false

      KeyboardType: 1

      Orientation: 0

      KeyDowns: 0 keys currently down

      MetaState: 0x0

      DownTime: 0

  Device 5: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard

    Generation: 6

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00000101

    KeyboardType: 2

    Keyboard Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        HasAssociatedDisplay: false

        OrientationAware: false

        HandlesKeyRepeat: false

      KeyboardType: 2

      Orientation: 0

      KeyDowns: 0 keys currently down

      MetaState: 0x0

      DownTime: 377096679000

  Device 6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet

    Generation: 16

    IsExternal: true

    Sources: 0x00002002

    KeyboardType: 0

    Motion Ranges:

      X: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=799.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      Y: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=599.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      PRESSURE: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      VSCROLL: source=0x00002002, min=-1.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

    Touch Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        GestureMode: spots

        DeviceType: pointer

        AssociatedDisplay: hasAssociatedDisplay=true, isExternal=false

        OrientationAware: false

      Raw Touch Axes:

        X: min=0, max=32767, flat=0, fuzz=0, resolution=0

        Y: min=0, max=32767, flat=0, fuzz=0, resolution=0

        Pressure: unknown range

        TouchMajor: unknown range

        TouchMinor: unknown range

        ToolMajor: unknown range

        ToolMinor: unknown range

        Orientation: unknown range

        Distance: unknown range

        TiltX: unknown range

        TiltY: unknown range

        TrackingId: unknown range

        Slot: unknown range

      Calibration:

        touch.size.calibration: none

        touch.pressure.calibration: none

        touch.orientation.calibration: none

        touch.distance.calibration: none

        touch.coverage.calibration: none

      Affine Transformation:

        X scale: 1.000

        X ymix: 0.000

        X offset: 0.000

        Y xmix: 0.000

        Y scale: 1.000

        Y offset: 0.000

      Viewport: displayId=0, orientation=0, logicalFrame=[0, 0, 800, 600], physicalFrame=[0, 0, 800, 600], deviceSize=[800, 600]

      SurfaceWidth: 800px

      SurfaceHeight: 600px

      SurfaceLeft: 0

      SurfaceTop: 0

      SurfaceOrientation: 0

      Translation and Scaling Factors:

        XTranslate: 0.000

        YTranslate: 0.000

        XScale: 0.024

        YScale: 0.018

        XPrecision: 40.960

        YPrecision: 54.613

        GeometricScale: 0.021

        PressureScale: 0.000

        SizeScale: 0.000

        OrientationScale: 0.000

        DistanceScale: 0.000

        HaveTilt: false

        TiltXCenter: 0.000

        TiltXScale: 0.000

        TiltYCenter: 0.000

        TiltYScale: 0.000

      Last Button State: 0x00000000

      Last Raw Touch: pointerCount=0

      Last Cooked Touch: pointerCount=0

      Pointer Gesture Detector:

        XMovementScale: 0.017

        YMovementScale: 0.017

        XZoomScale: 0.006

        YZoomScale: 0.006

        MaxSwipeWidth: 11585.237305

  Configuration:

    ExcludedDeviceNames: [Power Button]

    VirtualKeyQuietTime: 0.0ms

    PointerVelocityControlParameters: scale=3.364, lowThreshold=500.000, highThreshold=3000.000, acceleration=3.000

    WheelVelocityControlParameters: scale=1.000, lowThreshold=15.000, highThreshold=50.000, acceleration=4.000

    PointerGesture:

      Enabled: true

      QuietInterval: 100.0ms

      DragMinSwitchSpeed: 50.0px/s

      TapInterval: 150.0ms

      TapDragInterval: 300.0ms

      TapSlop: 20.0px

      MultitouchSettleInterval: 100.0ms

      MultitouchMinDistance: 15.0px

      SwipeTransitionAngleCosine: 0.3

      SwipeMaxWidthRatio: 0.2

      MovementSpeedRatio: 0.8

      ZoomSpeedRatio: 0.3

Input Dispatcher State:

  DispatchEnabled: 1

  DispatchFrozen: 0

  FocusedApplication: name='AppWindowToken{23e7070a token=Token{1c4d9b75 ActivityRecord{25762ac u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/.viewStart1 t23}}}', dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

  FocusedWindow: name='Window{67f9093 u0 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher}'

  TouchStatesByDisplay:

    0: down=false, split=false, deviceId=6, source=0x00002002

      Windows: <none>

  Windows:

    0: name='Window{1085a176 u0 SearchPanel}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01820100, type=0x000007e8, layer=211000, frame=[0,0][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1760, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    1: name='Window{16784be4 u0 NavigationBar}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01840048, type=0x000007e3, layer=201000, frame=[0,561][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,561][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1760, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    2: name='Window{1c8f337c u0 Heads Up}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01820328, type=0x000007de, layer=161000, frame=[0,0][800,0], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=<empty>, inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1760, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    3: name='Window{321ceb95 u0 StatusBar}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x81840048, type=0x000007d0, layer=151000, frame=[0,0][800,20], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,20], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1760, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    4: name='Window{169cca23 u0 KeyguardScrim}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01110900, type=0x000007ed, layer=131000, frame=[0,0][800,561], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,561], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1666, ownerUid=1000, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    5: name='Window{67f9093 u0 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=true, hasWallpaper=true, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=true, flags=0x81910120, type=0x00000001, layer=21015, frame=[0,0][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1868, ownerUid=10044, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    6: name='Window{2d0944a2 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01820022, type=0x00000002, layer=21010, frame=[164,152][635,428], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=3315, ownerUid=10062, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    7: name='Window{b75ec04 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01810120, type=0x00000001, layer=21005, frame=[0,0][800,561], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=3315, ownerUid=10062, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    8: name='Window{11bc8ebd u0 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x00000318, type=0x000007dd, layer=21000, frame=[0,0][1920,1280], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][1920,1280], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1760, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

  MonitoringChannels:

    0: 'WindowManager (server)'

  RecentQueue: length=10

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=31522.9ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=1, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=31247.2ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=7, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=31247.2ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=0, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000001, age=31129.2ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=1, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=31005.6ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=7, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (685.4, 264.1)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=31005.6ms

    KeyEvent(deviceId=5, source=0x00000101, action=0, flags=0x00000008, keyCode=61, scanCode=15, metaState=0x00000000, repeatCount=0), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=21955.6ms

    KeyEvent(deviceId=5, source=0x00000101, action=1, flags=0x00000008, keyCode=61, scanCode=15, metaState=0x00000000, repeatCount=0), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=21837.5ms

    KeyEvent(deviceId=5, source=0x00000101, action=0, flags=0x00000008, keyCode=3, scanCode=125, metaState=0x00000000, repeatCount=0), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=18464.2ms

    KeyEvent(deviceId=5, source=0x00000101, action=1, flags=0x00000008, keyCode=3, scanCode=125, metaState=0x00000000, repeatCount=0), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=18464.1ms

  PendingEvent: <none>

  InboundQueue: <empty>

  ReplacedKeys: <empty>

  Connections:

    0: channelName='WindowManager (server)', windowName='monitor', status=NORMAL, monitor=true, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    1: channelName='169cca23 KeyguardScrim (server)', windowName='Window{169cca23 u0 KeyguardScrim}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    2: channelName='1c8f337c Heads Up (server)', windowName='Window{1c8f337c u0 Heads Up}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    3: channelName='321ceb95 StatusBar (server)', windowName='Window{321ceb95 u0 StatusBar}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    4: channelName='1085a176 SearchPanel (server)', windowName='Window{1085a176 u0 SearchPanel}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    5: channelName='16784be4 NavigationBar (server)', windowName='Window{16784be4 u0 NavigationBar}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    6: channelName='11bc8ebd com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper (server)', windowName='Window{11bc8ebd u0 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    7: channelName='2d0944a2 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1 (server)', windowName='Window{2d0944a2 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    8: channelName='67f9093 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher (server)', windowName='Window{67f9093 u0 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    9: channelName='b75ec04 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1 (server)', windowName='Window{b75ec04 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

  AppSwitch: not pending

  Configuration:

    KeyRepeatDelay: 50.0ms

    KeyRepeatTimeout: 500.0ms

Here is the file I tried creating as /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0002_Product_0006.idc

# touch.deviceType = pointer | touchPad | pointer | default

touch.deviceType = pointer

# orientationAware

# touch.orientationAware = 0 or 1

touch.orientationAware = 0

#  gestureMode

# Definition: touch.gestureMode = pointer | spots | default

touch.gestureMode = pointer

# Definition: device.internal = 0 | 1

device.internal = 1

It still gives me the "draggable circle touch thingy" and not a standard cursor like before.    PS: this is from 5.1

On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 12:20:33 AM UTC-4, Chih-Wei Huang wrote:

Define the idc file for your input device
and set it to pointer.
Read https://source.android.com/devices/input/input-device-configuration-files.html

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-07-05 13:39 GMT+08:00 Russell Purinton <russell....@gmail.com>:
> I've read thru that, but I'm still having trouble getting it working...
>
> Here's my dumpsys input
>
> INPUT MANAGER (dumpsys input)

[deleted]

>
> Here is the file I tried creating as
> /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0002_Product_0006.idc
>
> # touch.deviceType = pointer | touchPad | pointer | default
> touch.deviceType = pointer
>
> # orientationAware
> # touch.orientationAware = 0 or 1
> touch.orientationAware = 0
>
> # gestureMode
> # Definition: touch.gestureMode = pointer | spots | default
> touch.gestureMode = pointer
>
> # Definition: device.internal = 0 | 1
> device.internal = 1
>
>
> It still gives me the "draggable circle touch thingy" and not a standard
> cursor like before. PS: this is from 5.1

Because it's not used.
If it's used, you should see it listed
in the ConfigurationFile:

> 1: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse
> Classes: 0x00000008
> Path: /dev/input/event6
> Descriptor: 6aa284bb39ab042267f19eb6334dcf88b2e54153
> Location: isa0060/serio1/input0
> ControllerNumber: 0
> UniqueId:
> Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0002, product=0x0006, version=0x0000
> KeyLayoutFile:
> KeyCharacterMapFile:
> ConfigurationFile:
> HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

Check if you have some typos,
permission issues, etc...

[Russell Purinton]

Because it's not used.
If it's used, you should see it listed
in the ConfigurationFile:

Check if you have some typos,
permission issues, etc...



--
Chih-Wei
Android-x86 project
http://www.android-x86.org

So yes, it appears permissions the cause of it not loading the configuration.   other files were chmod 644, but mine was 600.  I changed it to 644, and rebooted, now it shows up

 2: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse

      Classes: 0x00000008

      Path: /dev/input/event5

      Descriptor: 6aa284bb39ab042267f19eb6334dcf88b2e54153

      Location: isa0060/serio1/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0002, product=0x0006, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile:

      KeyCharacterMapFile:

      ConfigurationFile: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0002_Product_0006.idc

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

However I still get the draggable circle, not a mouse pointer...

again heres the contents of the file

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-07-08 11:15 GMT+08:00 Russell Purinton <russell....@gmail.com>:
>
> So yes, it appears permissions the cause of it not loading the
> configuration. other files were chmod 644, but mine was 600. I changed it
> to 644, and rebooted, now it shows up
> 2: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse
> Classes: 0x00000008
> Path: /dev/input/event5
> Descriptor: 6aa284bb39ab042267f19eb6334dcf88b2e54153
> Location: isa0060/serio1/input0
> ControllerNumber: 0
> UniqueId:
> Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0002, product=0x0006, version=0x0000
> KeyLayoutFile:
> KeyCharacterMapFile:
> ConfigurationFile: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0002_Product_0006.idc
> HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false
>
>
> However I still get the draggable circle, not a mouse pointer...

Then use getevent -l to see which input queue
the events come.
I suspect they come from another one:

6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet
Classes: 0x80000004
Path: /dev/input/event2

[Russell Purinton]

It appears you were correct!   getevent -l showed the events coming on device 6 (QEMU USB Tablet) this makes sense since QEMU is the emulator in XenServer!

So I updated the configuration file, set permissions, verified that the configuration file is used and everything.  Now when the system boots, I do in-fact get a pointer!  But it does not function any better than before. 

My expectation is that when I move the mouse around that the pointer will follow, however it does not.  I have to click and hold and drag to get the pointer to move.  This of course makes the system think that I'm dragging the screen, and leads to all the same usage problems that I had before.

How would I get the the pointer to move without having to click and hold?

Here's a gif example of what I'm experiencing.

Here is my device config

touch.deviceType = pointer

touch.gestureMode = pointer

device.internal = 1

Here is the current dumpsys input

login as:

SSH server: Password authentication

Using keyboard-interactive authentication.

Password:

u0_a63@x86:/ $ su

root@x86:/ # dumpsys input

INPUT MANAGER (dumpsys input)

Event Hub State:

  BuiltInKeyboardId: -2

  Devices:

    -1: Virtual

      Classes: 0x40000023

      Path: <virtual>

      Descriptor: a718a782d34bc767f4689c232d64d527998ea7fd

      Location:

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId: <virtual>

      Identifier: bus=0x0000, vendor=0x0000, product=0x0000, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Virtual.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    1: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse

      Classes: 0x00000008

      Path: /dev/input/event6

      Descriptor: 6aa284bb39ab042267f19eb6334dcf88b2e54153

      Location: isa0060/serio1/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0002, product=0x0006, version=0x0000

      KeyLayoutFile:

      KeyCharacterMapFile:

      ConfigurationFile: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0002_Product_0006.idc

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId:

      Identifier: bus=0x0011, vendor=0x0001, product=0x0001, version=0xab41

      KeyLayoutFile: /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl

      KeyCharacterMapFile: /system/usr/keychars/Generic.kcm

      ConfigurationFile:

      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

    6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet

      Classes: 0x00000004

      Path: /dev/input/event2

      Descriptor: 1a121864461dff60a332e399a9a594b35df6f221

      Location: usb-0000:00:01.2-2/input0

      ControllerNumber: 0

      UniqueId: 1

      Identifier: bus=0x0003, vendor=0x0627, product=0x0001, version=0x0001

      KeyLayoutFile:

      KeyCharacterMapFile:

      ConfigurationFile: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0627_Product_0001.idc

      DownTime: 0

  Device 6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet

    Generation: 16

    IsExternal: false

    Sources: 0x00002002

    KeyboardType: 0

    Motion Ranges:

      X: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=799.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      Y: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=599.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      PRESSURE: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      VSCROLL: source=0x00002002, min=-1.000, max=1.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

    Touch Input Mapper:

      Parameters:

        GestureMode: pointer

  FocusedApplication: name='AppWindowToken{33f38ca2 token=Token{ab8d86d ActivityRecord{22d61884 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/.viewStart1 t35}}}', dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

  FocusedWindow: name='Window{4acdf88 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}'

  TouchStatesByDisplay:

    0: down=false, split=false, deviceId=6, source=0x00002002

      Windows: <none>

  Windows:

    0: name='Window{1cf389df u0 SearchPanel}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01820100, type=0x000007e8, layer=211000, frame=[0,0][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1757, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    1: name='Window{31cdc8f5 u0 NavigationBar}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01840068, type=0x000007e3, layer=201000, frame=[0,561][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,561][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1757, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    2: name='Window{e5f0330 u0 Heads Up}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01820328, type=0x000007de, layer=161000, frame=[0,0][800,0], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=<empty>, inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1757, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    3: name='Window{1e92a332 u0 StatusBar}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x81840048, type=0x000007d0, layer=151000, frame=[0,0][800,20], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,20], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1757, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    4: name='Window{3e206601 u0 KeyguardScrim}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x01110900, type=0x000007ed, layer=131000, frame=[0,0][800,561], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,561], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1666, ownerUid=1000, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    5: name='Window{4acdf88 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=true, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=true, flags=0x01820022, type=0x00000002, layer=21015, frame=[164,152][635,428], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=2763, ownerUid=10062, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    6: name='Window{66e55b0 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=true, flags=0x01810120, type=0x00000001, layer=21010, frame=[0,0][800,561], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=2763, ownerUid=10062, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    7: name='Window{13ad94e3 u0 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=false, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x81910120, type=0x00000001, layer=21005, frame=[0,0][800,600], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][800,600], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1957, ownerUid=10044, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

    8: name='Window{283da6e1 u0 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper}', displayId=0, paused=false, hasFocus=false, hasWallpaper=false, visible=true, canReceiveKeys=false, flags=0x00000318, type=0x000007dd, layer=21000, frame=[0,0][1920,1280], scale=1.000000, touchableRegion=[0,0][1920,1280], inputFeatures=0x00000000, ownerPid=1757, ownerUid=10018, dispatchingTimeout=5000.000ms

  MonitoringChannels:

    0: 'WindowManager (server)'

  RecentQueue: length=10

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 238.0)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=29432.3ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 234.8)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=29329.2ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 231.7)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28888.4ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 228.5)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28870.0ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=2, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28792.2ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=1, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28424.5ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=7, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28424.5ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=0, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000001, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28283.7ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=1, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28192.9ms

    MotionEvent(deviceId=6, source=0x00002002, action=7, flags=0x00000000, metaState=0x00000000, buttonState=0x00000000, edgeFlags=0x00000000, xPrecision=0.0, yPrecision=0.0, displayId=0, pointers=[0: (317.3, 225.3)]), policyFlags=0x62000000, age=28192.9ms

  PendingEvent: <none>

  InboundQueue: <empty>

  ReplacedKeys: <empty>

  Connections:

    0: channelName='WindowManager (server)', windowName='monitor', status=NORMAL, monitor=true, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    1: channelName='3e206601 KeyguardScrim (server)', windowName='Window{3e206601 u0 KeyguardScrim}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    2: channelName='e5f0330 Heads Up (server)', windowName='Window{e5f0330 u0 Heads Up}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    3: channelName='1e92a332 StatusBar (server)', windowName='Window{1e92a332 u0 StatusBar}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    4: channelName='1cf389df SearchPanel (server)', windowName='Window{1cf389df u0 SearchPanel}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    5: channelName='31cdc8f5 NavigationBar (server)', windowName='Window{31cdc8f5 u0 NavigationBar}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    6: channelName='283da6e1 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper (server)', windowName='Window{283da6e1 u0 com.android.systemui.ImageWallpaper}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    7: channelName='4acdf88 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1 (server)', windowName='Window{4acdf88 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    8: channelName='66e55b0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1 (server)', windowName='Window{66e55b0 u0 com.icecoldapps.serversultimate/com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.viewStart1}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

    9: channelName='13ad94e3 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher (server)', windowName='Window{13ad94e3 u0 com.android.launcher3/com.android.launcher3.Launcher}', status=NORMAL, monitor=false, inputPublisherBlocked=false

      OutboundQueue: <empty>

      WaitQueue: <empty>

  AppSwitch: not pending

  Configuration:

    KeyRepeatDelay: 50.0ms

    KeyRepeatTimeout: 500.0ms

root@x86:/ #

[Varun Chitre]

Hi Ilian,

Which framebuffer did you use when you got Android x86 running on AWS?

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-07-09 23:13 GMT+08:00 Russell Purinton <russell....@gmail.com>:
> It appears you were correct! getevent -l showed the events coming on
> device 6 (QEMU USB Tablet) this makes sense since QEMU is the emulator in
> XenServer!
>
> So I updated the configuration file, set permissions, verified that the
> configuration file is used and everything. Now when the system boots, I do
> in-fact get a pointer! But it does not function any better than before.
>
> My expectation is that when I move the mouse around that the pointer will
> follow, however it does not. I have to click and hold and drag to get the
> pointer to move. This of course makes the system think that I'm dragging
> the screen, and leads to all the same usage problems that I had before.
>
> How would I get the the pointer to move without having to click and hold?

I saw the problem is your "mouse" is detected
as a touchscreen or a touchpad

6: QEMU 0.10.2 QEMU USB Tablet

Classes: 0x00000004 <=== INPUT_DEVICE_CLASS_TOUCH
Path: /dev/input/event2

(read EventHub.h to understand the input classes)

I don't know why. I know nothing about XenServer.
You have to figure out it yourself.
I can just my QEMU has no such a problem.
My mouse events come from

2: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse

Classes: 0x00000008 <=== INPUT_DEVICE_CLASS_CURSOR
Path: /dev/input/event3

which works fine. This is my qemu script:

qemu-kvm -vga std -sdl -soundhw ac97 \
-net nic,model=e1000 -net user \
-m 4096 -smp 4 -cpu host \
-hda $HOME/qemu/android.img \
-boot menu=on \
-serial mon:stdio \
-cdrom android_x86.iso

[Russell Purinton]

I'm wondering if the answer lies somewhere in android or in xen...

Thing is that I just installed 4.4_r5, and right away the mouse works exactly as desired...

[Mário Almeida]

I get a similar behavior regarding the mouse and Qemu 2.6 / Android 6.0.

Qemu "-usbdevice tablet" used to work fine in 4.4 and its "broken" (maybe a feature) since 5.1. Might have something to do with qemu version as well? (now using 2.6)

I created Vendor_0627_Product_0001.idc with the contents of the GenericTouch.idc but with GestureMode and DeviceType set as pointer, but not much success.

As @Chih-Wei Huang mentioned, the device class is still INPUT_DEVICE_CLASS_TOUCH.

Any news on how to solve this problem? Any direction of where to look would do as well. I will start by looking for theINPUT_DEVICE_CLASS_TOUCH definition.

My idc file:

# Basic Parameters

touch.deviceType = pointer
touch.gestureMode = pointer

#touch.orientationAware = 1

# Touch Size
touch.touchSize.calibration = default

# Tool Size
touch.toolSize.calibration = default

# Pressure
touch.pressure.calibration = default

# Size
touch.size.calibration = default

# Orientation
touch.orientation.calibration = none

device.internal = 1

My dumpsys after changes:

    5: QEMU QEMU USB Tablet
      Classes: 0x00000004
      Path: /dev/input/event1
      Descriptor: 8716377846bfd2d30e6381a35ac4ac10b285924b
      Location: usb-0000:00:01.2-1/input0
      ControllerNumber: 0
      UniqueId: 42

      Identifier: bus=0x0003, vendor=0x0627, product=0x0001, version=0x0001
      KeyLayoutFile:
      KeyCharacterMapFile:
      ConfigurationFile: /system/usr/idc/Vendor_0627_Product_0001.idc
      HaveKeyboardLayoutOverlay: false

  Device 5: QEMU QEMU USB Tablet
    Generation: 14
    IsExternal: false
    HasMic:     false

    Sources: 0x00002002
    KeyboardType: 0
    Motion Ranges:

      X: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=1023.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000
      Y: source=0x00002002, min=0.000, max=767.000, flat=0.000, fuzz=0.000, resolution=0.000

      Viewport: displayId=0, orientation=0, logicalFrame=[0, 0, 1024, 768], physicalFrame=[0, 0, 1024, 768], deviceSize=[1024, 768]
      SurfaceWidth: 1024px
      SurfaceHeight: 768px

      SurfaceLeft: 0
      SurfaceTop: 0
      SurfaceOrientation: 0
      Translation and Scaling Factors:
        XTranslate: 0.000
        YTranslate: 0.000

        XScale: 0.031
        YScale: 0.023
        XPrecision: 32.000
        YPrecision: 42.667
        GeometricScale: 0.027

        PressureScale: 0.000
        SizeScale: 0.000
        OrientationScale: 0.000
        DistanceScale: 0.000
        HaveTilt: false
        TiltXCenter: 0.000
        TiltXScale: 0.000
        TiltYCenter: 0.000
        TiltYScale: 0.000

      Last Raw Button State: 0x00000000
      Last Raw Touch: pointerCount=0
      Last Cooked Button State: 0x00000000
      Last Cooked Touch: pointerCount=0
      Stylus Fusion:
        ExternalStylusConnected: false
        External Stylus ID: -1
        External Stylus Data Timeout: 9223372036854775807
      External Stylus State:
        When: 9223372036854775807
        Pressure: 0.000000
        Button State: 0x00000000
        Tool Type: 0
      Pointer Gesture Detector:
        XMovementScale: 0.022
        YMovementScale: 0.022
        XZoomScale: 0.008
        YZoomScale: 0.008

        MaxSwipeWidth: 11585.237305
  Configuration:
    ExcludedDeviceNames: [Power Button]
    VirtualKeyQuietTime: 0.0ms

    PointerVelocityControlParameters: scale=1.000, lowThreshold=500.000, highThreshold=3000.000, acceleration=3.000

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-07-28 1:54 GMT+08:00 Mário Almeida <4kn...@gmail.com>:
> I get a similar behavior regarding the mouse and Qemu 2.6 / Android 6.0.
>
> Qemu "-usbdevice tablet" used to work fine in 4.4 and its "broken" (maybe a
> feature) since 5.1. Might have something to do with qemu version as well?
> (now using 2.6)

Why do you use "-usbdevice tablet"?
It simulates a touchscreen. See man qemu:

-usbdevice devname
Add the USB device devname.
...
tablet
Pointer device that uses absolute coordinates (like a
touchscreen).
This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position
without having to grab the
mouse. Also overrides the PS/2 mouse emulation when activated.

My Qemu 2.6 works well with mouse.
See my qemu script in the previous post.

[Russell Purinton]

This isn’t a setting exposed in XenServer, at least anywhere that I can find. XenServer really hides all the QEMU settings well. And they don’t give any way to change it from what I can see. I’ll post over on the XenServer forums again though and see if anyone knows if this is configurable.

Basically if you build a VM in XenServer, it uses this setting by default, and they don’t give an obvious way to change it.

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[Mário Almeida]

Android x86 mouse works fine in all qemu versions I tried. 

Problem is similar to Russel I guess (except that I inflict it upon myself :) ), since I am streaming the Android VM, I need to disable mouse capture.

And to the best of my knowledge, this is accomplished through the tablet mode (avoids having to press ctrl+alt all the time) in Qemu. 

Interestingly this "QEMU QEMU USB Tablet" only appears for latest Android versions (> 4.4), 4.4 (wrongly perhaps?) used to identify it as a pointer.

I would welcome any dirty fix to bypass this, so if you guys have any suggestions please drop them.

Thanks!

[Mário Almeida]

"To prevent the mouse from being grabbed when clicking on the guest operating system's window, add the option -usbdevice tablet. This means QEMU is able to report the mouse position without having to grab the mouse. This also overrides PS/2 mouse emulation when activated." - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/QEMU
- once set it produces the behavior observed by Russel.

Mouse can be passed through a vdagent (agent-mouse option, check http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html), which might be triggering the same behavior, haven't tested it myself.

Cheers

On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 5:08:17 AM UTC+2, Russell Purinton wrote:

[Russell Purinton]

I concur… the same QEMU Tablet device works perfectly as a mouse in 4.4.  But not in 5.1 or 6.0

I’ve abandoned all efforts to though.  I guess the main problem is that the VM does not have GPU and it seems almost every app these days requires some GPU, so basically everything crashes on me.

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-07-28 15:56 GMT+08:00 Mário Almeida <4kn...@gmail.com>:
> Android x86 mouse works fine in all qemu versions I tried.
>
> Problem is similar to Russel I guess (except that I inflict it upon myself
> :) ), since I am streaming the Android VM, I need to disable mouse capture.

I don't understand what streaming VM means.
If you remove "-usbdevice tablet", what happens?

> And to the best of my knowledge, this is accomplished through the tablet
> mode (avoids having to press ctrl+alt all the time) in Qemu.
>
> Interestingly this "QEMU QEMU USB Tablet" only appears for latest Android
> versions (> 4.4), 4.4 (wrongly perhaps?) used to identify it as a pointer.

I don't think it relates to the android version
but the kernel (and configs).
You may try to revert to the kernel version
that works for you before.

[Mário Almeida]

@Russel, I have conducted a test with the 30 most popular apps in the Google Play (Spain), if you enable app compatibility in the menu, it should support 58% of these apps.

It is still much better than the Android emulator which does not support arm binaries afaik and seems to consume more resources.

Further I have been able to run OpenGL apps in Androidx86 with Qemu 2.6, refer to : https://github.com/openthos/openthos/wiki/virtio-gpu
. You might have to revert some of the repos to 1/2 weeks past as last time i tried to build some APIs had changed.

@Huang: I am using spice for remote controlling the Android VM. Without "-usbdevice tablet" the mouse works... but it grabs the mouse (ctrl + alt behavior).

This behavior is not compatible with many remote control clients / use cases and it might be one of the reasons projects such as SVMP (https://svmp.github.io/index.html) got stuck at 4.4.

I see a great potential for large Android deployments with your project so continue with your excellent work! :)

@llian lliev: any news?

On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 5:08:17 AM UTC+2, Russell Purinton wrote:

[magixx]

Have you had a chance to write this guide?

I'm currently trying to get android-x86-4.4rc5 working in XenServer 7.0 without any luck. The best I've gotten it is to install (GPT w/ GRUB2 EFI only) but that won't boot afterwards (GRUB2 is not seen, stuck on XenServer boot screen). I don't really care about android version too much but I though 4.4rc5 would be the most stable.

[Mário Almeida]

No Xen here but for me it only boots with no gpt, grub 0.97, ext3.

[magixx]

Thanks, finally got it working. For anyone else who is interested I've uploaded the xva at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235940

[Chih-Wei Huang]

2016-08-15 1:16 GMT+08:00 magixx <magix...@gmail.com>:
> Thanks, finally got it working. For anyone else who is interested I've
> uploaded the xva at https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235940

So what did you fix?
Could you provide a patch?

[SangWon Kim]

This is a way to change usbdevice from tablet to mouse on xenserver.

i use xenserver 7.1 and android-x86_64-6.0-r3.iso.

1) log in to xernserver console. the host.

2) open this file to edit.
- xs v7.x: /usr/libexec/xenopsd/qemu-dm-wrapper
- xs v6.x: /opt/xensource/libexec/qemu-dm-wrapper

3) add 4 lines
--------------------------------------------
...
qemu_args = ['qemu-dm-%d'%domid] + argv[2:]
# add 4 lines on the right position. line number 73 on XS 7.1
qemu_args.remove('-usbdevice')
qemu_args.remove('tablet')
qemu_args.append('-usbdevice')
qemu_args.append('mouse')

4) reboot the android.