Unable to see cursor in "Boxes" app

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Hi there,

I am running Fedora 33 on gnomn with a Lenovo X1 Thinkpad…

I am running virtual machine but I am unable to see the cursor when I hover over the desktop that I am working in (the virtual machine).

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Basically my cursor is on the machine now but I cannot see it…

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Did you install all the updates in your VM and your host?

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I use QEMU/KVM ( the virtual machine manager) and I have no problems with my mouse or keyboard.

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It seems that it is Mint (as guest) specific issue. There is this Reddit link that can help you: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmint/comments/ii53ob/mouse_pointer_not_visible_while_installing_in/

Basically, you should install spice-vdagent package on Mint. Maybe to use auto-install Boxes feature (the last time I played with Boxes there was possibility to perform automatic installation) and then fully update guest system and install mentioned package.

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Sorry, do you mean updates for the VM itself (the app) or the OS running within the VM app (Boxes in this case).

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I’ll check that thanks a ton

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I meant both (to be sure). I remember having the same issue and running apt-get update and apt-get upgrade fixed it.

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ah right so run that command inside of the VM ?

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I should mention I only get this issue with linux mint, not solus or fedora

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I had the problem with mint too. The cursor is there but you don’t see it. So try to get the cursor above the terminal icon and click so you open a terminal. Once you have the terminal open it is simple to install the updates and after a reboot you will see the cursor.
I never installed spice-vdagent.