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opened 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00 by adam · 5 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00
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Originally created by @ikhsansdqq on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023).

OS related issued, please help us identify the issue by posting the output of this

uname -a
; echo "${DISPLAY}"
; echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs
; grep NAME /etc/os-release
; df -h .
; qemu-system-x86_64 --version
; libvirtd --version
; free -mh
; nproc
; egrep -c '(svm|vmx)' /proc/cpuinfo
; ls -lha /dev/kvm
; ls -lha /tmp/.X11-unix/
; ps aux | grep dockerd
; docker ps | grep osx
; grep "docker|kvm|virt" /etc/group

Hi Guys, just want to ask question regarding the mouse is not working after 2 minutes, suddenly when running QEMU it looks fine for the first minute but after 2 minutes, it made my mouse not working I don't know why, I can't type, can't click or whatsoever. Any idea how to fix this issue guys? (I'm running docker OSX on Windows 11 22H2)

Originally created by @ikhsansdqq on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023). # OS related issued, please help us identify the issue by posting the output of this uname -a \ ; echo "${DISPLAY}" \ ; echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs \ ; grep NAME /etc/os-release \ ; df -h . \ ; qemu-system-x86_64 --version \ ; libvirtd --version \ ; free -mh \ ; nproc \ ; egrep -c '(svm|vmx)' /proc/cpuinfo \ ; ls -lha /dev/kvm \ ; ls -lha /tmp/.X11-unix/ \ ; ps aux | grep dockerd \ ; docker ps | grep osx \ ; grep "docker\|kvm\|virt" /etc/group Hi Guys, just want to ask question regarding the mouse is not working after 2 minutes, suddenly when running QEMU it looks fine for the first minute but after 2 minutes, it made my mouse not working I don't know why, I can't type, can't click or whatsoever. Any idea how to fix this issue guys? (I'm running docker OSX on Windows 11 22H2)
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@prodbyola commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2023):

I'm facing somewhat similar issue. DId you fix this?

@prodbyola commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2023): I'm facing somewhat similar issue. DId you fix this?
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:38 +01:00
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@marcucio commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2024):

same issue here

Linux MikeWindows 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 21:02:42 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
:0
1
NAME="Ubuntu"
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS"
VERSION_CODENAME=focal
UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
C:\             931G  560G  372G  61% /mnt/c
QEMU emulator version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27)
Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
Command 'libvirtd' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon
              total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:           15Gi       4.9Gi       192Mi        13Mi        10Gi        10Gi
Swap:         4.0Gi       326Mi       3.7Gi
12
12
crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 232 Dec 30 11:06 /dev/kvm
total 0
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root  60 Dec 30 11:06 .
drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 300 Jan  3 08:09 ..
srwxrwxrwx 1 mike mike   0 Dec 30 11:06 X0
mike       574  0.0  0.0   8168   708 pts/3    S+   10:46   0:00 grep --color=auto dockerd
ee97ed0b1382   sickcodes/docker-osx:latest   "/bin/bash -c 'sudo …"   3 hours ago   Up 13 minutes   0.0.0.0:50922->10022/tcp   serene_tharp
@marcucio commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2024): same issue here ``` Linux MikeWindows 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 21:02:42 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux :0 1 NAME="Ubuntu" PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS" VERSION_CODENAME=focal UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on C:\ 931G 560G 372G 61% /mnt/c QEMU emulator version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.27) Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers Command 'libvirtd' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install libvirt-daemon total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 15Gi 4.9Gi 192Mi 13Mi 10Gi 10Gi Swap: 4.0Gi 326Mi 3.7Gi 12 12 crw-rw-rw- 1 root root 10, 232 Dec 30 11:06 /dev/kvm total 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 60 Dec 30 11:06 . drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 300 Jan 3 08:09 .. srwxrwxrwx 1 mike mike 0 Dec 30 11:06 X0 mike 574 0.0 0.0 8168 708 pts/3 S+ 10:46 0:00 grep --color=auto dockerd ee97ed0b1382 sickcodes/docker-osx:latest "/bin/bash -c 'sudo …" 3 hours ago Up 13 minutes 0.0.0.0:50922->10022/tcp serene_tharp ```
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:38 +01:00
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@shawe commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2024):

same here

Linux Fractal 6.5.0-17-generic #17~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan 16 14:32:32 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
:0
1
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy
S.ficheros Tamaño Usados Disp Uso% Montado en
/dev/nvme0n1p7 822G 103G 678G 14% /
QEMU emulator version 6.2.0 (Debian 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16)
Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
libvirtd (libvirt) 8.0.0
total usado libre compartido búf/caché disponible
Mem: 125Gi 7,4Gi 72Gi 240Mi 45Gi 116Gi
Inter: 0B 0B 0B
32
64
crw-rw----+ 1 root kvm 10, 232 feb 9 19:37 /dev/kvm
total 8,0K
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4,0K feb 9 18:17 .
drwxrwxrwt 23 root root 4,0K feb 9 20:20 ..
srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 feb 9 18:17 X0
root 2308 0.0 0.0 3386988 80172 ? Ssl 18:17 0:03 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock
francesc 10070 0.0 0.0 11848 2304 pts/3 S+ 20:22 0:00 grep --color=auto dockerd
5d9c01e5e139 sickcodes/docker-osx:ventura "/bin/bash -c 'sudo …" 4 hours ago Up 44 minutes 0.0.0.0:50922->10022/tcp, :::50922->10022/tcp quizzical_hawking

@shawe commented on GitHub (Feb 9, 2024): same here > Linux Fractal 6.5.0-17-generic #17~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan 16 14:32:32 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > :0 > 1 > PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS" > NAME="Ubuntu" > VERSION_CODENAME=jammy > UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy > S.ficheros Tamaño Usados Disp Uso% Montado en > /dev/nvme0n1p7 822G 103G 678G 14% / > QEMU emulator version 6.2.0 (Debian 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16) > Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers > libvirtd (libvirt) 8.0.0 > total usado libre compartido búf/caché disponible > Mem: 125Gi 7,4Gi 72Gi 240Mi 45Gi 116Gi > Inter: 0B 0B 0B > 32 > 64 > crw-rw----+ 1 root kvm 10, 232 feb 9 19:37 /dev/kvm > total 8,0K > drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4,0K feb 9 18:17 . > drwxrwxrwt 23 root root 4,0K feb 9 20:20 .. > srwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 feb 9 18:17 X0 > root 2308 0.0 0.0 3386988 80172 ? Ssl 18:17 0:03 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock > francesc 10070 0.0 0.0 11848 2304 pts/3 S+ 20:22 0:00 grep --color=auto dockerd > 5d9c01e5e139 sickcodes/docker-osx:ventura "/bin/bash -c 'sudo …" 4 hours ago Up 44 minutes 0.0.0.0:50922->10022/tcp, :::50922->10022/tcp quizzical_hawking
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@atiqsamtia commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2024):

Same issue here, only mouse & keyboard not working. I can see the screen updating and it confirms the OS is running fine and doing processing but won't accept any inputs

@atiqsamtia commented on GitHub (Apr 4, 2024): Same issue here, only mouse & keyboard not working. I can see the screen updating and it confirms the OS is running fine and doing processing but won't accept any inputs
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@atiqsamtia commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2024):

This is how I solved this issue.

It is related to Linux dedicating so much RAM to buff/cache and not enough RAM is remaining for macOS to function properly.

For example in my case, I have a total of 15GB of RAM allocated to WSL and I assigned 12GB of RAM to the docker container of macOS. Whenever I first booted up the macOS it worked fine but quickly buff/cache usage reached around 8GB and free memory went to around 100MB that's where input get stuck. I tried many things and now my OS is working without those issues.

This is my RAM info now free -mh. Before my optimizations, the free part was going to 100MB and crashing macOS.

               total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
Mem:            15Gi       9.2Gi       2.4Gi        28Mi       4.0Gi       6.1Gi
Swap:           16Gi          0B        16Gi

Here's what I did.

Changed my macOS container RAM to 8GB -e RAM=8

add

kernelCommandLine="sysctl.vm.swappiness=70"

to .wslconfig

Created a script and added it to cronjob to clear buff/cache every minute so the free RAM stays within the useable range of macOS.

Create a script to clear the cache. Let's name it clear_cache.sh

#!/bin/bash
sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

make it executable chmod +x clear_cache.sh

Add to root user cron by sudo crontab -e accept new file creation if already does not exist.

Put the corn command to cron file.

* * * * * /path/to/clear_cache.sh

And now start the container. I kept it running for a couple of hours to install and configure Xcode, flutter, IntelliJ Idea and it did not get stuck.

Maybe @sickcodes can add a script to the container to utilize the RAM well so Linux kernel does not allocate free RAM to buff/cache. Maybe reserve the RAM?

Now figuring out Command Key pass through to QEMU.

Maybe helpful for #191 & #218

@atiqsamtia commented on GitHub (Apr 5, 2024): This is how I solved this issue. It is related to Linux dedicating so much RAM to `buff/cache` and not enough RAM is remaining for macOS to function properly. For example in my case, I have a total of 15GB of RAM allocated to WSL and I assigned 12GB of RAM to the docker container of macOS. Whenever I first booted up the macOS it worked fine but quickly `buff/cache` usage reached around 8GB and free memory went to around 100MB that's where input get stuck. I tried many things and now my OS is working without those issues. This is my RAM info now `free -mh`. Before my optimizations, the `free` part was going to 100MB and crashing macOS. ``` total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 15Gi 9.2Gi 2.4Gi 28Mi 4.0Gi 6.1Gi Swap: 16Gi 0B 16Gi ``` Here's what I did. Changed my macOS container RAM to 8GB `-e RAM=8` add ``` kernelCommandLine="sysctl.vm.swappiness=70" ``` to `.wslconfig` Created a script and added it to cronjob to clear buff/cache every minute so the free RAM stays within the useable range of macOS. Create a script to clear the cache. Let's name it `clear_cache.sh` ``` #!/bin/bash sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches ``` make it executable `chmod +x clear_cache.sh` Add to root user cron by `sudo crontab -e` accept new file creation if already does not exist. Put the corn command to cron file. ``` * * * * * /path/to/clear_cache.sh ``` And now start the container. I kept it running for a couple of hours to install and configure Xcode, flutter, IntelliJ Idea and it did not get stuck. Maybe @sickcodes can add a script to the container to utilize the RAM well so Linux kernel does not allocate free RAM to buff/cache. Maybe reserve the RAM? Now figuring out `Command Key` pass through to QEMU. Maybe helpful for #191 & #218
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Reference: starred/Docker-OSX-sickcodes#504