[vfio-users] VM loses mouse

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2017-05-01 at 02:32 +0300, Zycorax Tokoroa wrote:
> > Now it passes the syntax check, but I get a "permission denied" error
> > on the /dev/input/... line:
> > 
> > Error starting domain: internal error: process exited while connecting
> > to monitor: 2017-04-30T23:08:12.041484Z qemu-system-x86_64: -object
> > input-linux,id=kbd,evdev=/dev/input/event3,grab_all=on: Could not open
> > '/dev/input/event3': Permission denied
> > 
> > Any thoughts? virt-manager requires root so I don't see where this is
> > coming from.
> > 
> 
> What virt-manager use is irrelevant as VMs are launched under
> libvirt-qemu. You need to add that to the input group, which is the
> owner of /dev/input/ devices or chown them before starting the VM. Note
> that you'll also need to edit /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf to allow those
> devices to be bound to in the section that allows /dev/vfio/ and other
> devices.

OK, I did the following:

* Added the 'qemu' user to the 'input' group.
* Edited /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf to add the evdev devices
* Restarted libvirtd

I still get the same error.

poc