This seems to be fixed in Fedora rawhide packages. Works for me now with: This issue seems to be fixed in current rawhide packages:
qemu-common.x86_64 2:1.1.0-4.fc18 qemu-img.x86_64 2:1.1.0-4.fc18 qemu-kvm.x86_64 2:1.1.0-4.fc18 qemu-system-x86.x86_64 2:1.1.0-4.fc18 Closing bug. - Mike ** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989225 Title: windows XP Standard PC HAL does not work with qemu-kvm >= 0.15 Status in QEMU: Fix Released Bug description: Basically, this is a clone of a Debian bug which is explained well here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=647312 For some reason, the Debian bug has been archived, but I do not think the issue has been fixed. Basically, mouse and network do not work for older XP installs with the Standard PC HAL. New XP installs are fine. Details in the Debian bug. I am experiencing the same problems on a Fedora 16 64-bit host, with older 32-bit Windows XP guests that worked fine in Fedora 15. The tablet mouse and the network do not work, as described in the Debian bug. This used to work in Fedora 15: /usr/bin/qemu-kvm -hda /var/lib/libvirt/images/MikeWindows.img -usbdevice tablet -m 2048 -k en-us -vga qxl -spice port=5930,disable- ticketing It does not work in F16, with: [root@xena ~]# rpm -qa | grep qemu qemu-common-0.15.1-4.fc16.x86_64 qemu-kvm-0.15.1-4.fc16.x86_64 qemu-system-x86-0.15.1-4.fc16.x86_64 qemu-img-0.15.1-4.fc16.x86_64 gpxe-roms-qemu-1.0.1-4.fc16.noarch - Mike To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/989225/+subscriptions