No mouse cursor in Openstack\OpenNebula\Proxmox using NoVNC in Firefox

calendar Mar 8, 2018 · 1 min read · OPENSTACK OPENNEBULA PROXMOX NOVNC  ·
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Seems that anything that uses NoVNC has a small bug, if your laptop has a touch screen(Or possibly even if you have other pointing devices installed) then the VNC plugin for Firefox does pass mouse cursor moves or clicks

by navigating to about:config and setting dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled to 0 then reloading the page(No need to restart the browser) Ive found on multiple brands of laptops that immediately the mouse comes to life.

I'm unsure of the implications of this setting, Ive tested my touchscreen after setting it and it seems to function as expected. Enjoy VNCing :)