Re: [gtk-vnc-devel] gtk-vnc trouble

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel redhat com>]

>> Oooh - are you running against a QEMU vnc server perhaps ?  QEMU supports
>> a 'relative mouse' RFB protocol extension where the motion coords on the
>> wire are treated as relative instead of absolute. It looks like we always
>> enable support for that extension if the server accepts it. And if this
>> is activated, then the pointer will be grabbed no matter what. 
> 
> Yes, I think that should be the behavior too otherwise the extension
> isn't terribly useful :-)  It probably makes sense to be able to disable
> the extension though.

Also qemu should probably *not* provide that extention when started with
"-usb -usbdevice tablet", right?

Oh, and being able to query absolute vs. relative coordinates mode would
be nice too (for feedback in the gui).

cheers,
  Gerd