How to Fix OSX-KVM No mouse or keyboard input detected via VNC

I'm running OSX-KVM by kholia with the boot-macos-headless.sh script on a dedicated host w/o a GPU, everything boots to the installation menu but there is no keyboard or mouse input detected. I installed XFCE graphics environment and then ran the OpenCore-Boot.sh script and the QEMU window doesn't take any keyboard or mouse inputs. What could be wrong here? I've used tightvnc, vnc viewer, and tigervnc. Same result. I've switched between the usb-mouse and usb-tablet setting but it doesn't help.

My Setup:

QEMU emulator version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.11)

Ubuntu 20.04.1

Followed these install steps:

sudo apt-get install qemu uml-utilities virt-manager git \ wget libguestfs-tools p7zip-full -y 

This is my current boot-macos-headless.sh script:

#!/usr/bin/env bash # Special thanks to: # https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore # https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore/ # https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/docs/usb2.txt # # qemu-img create -f qcow2 mac_hdd_ng.img 128G # # echo 1 | sudo tee -a /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs # this is required # # Usage: # # $ boot-macOS-headless.sh # # (qemu) change vnc password # Password: ******** # # Note: Using RealVNC client, connect to `<localhost:5901>`. # E.g. `vncviewer localhost:5901` # # Note: After installation, start using the `OpenCore-nopicker.qcow2` image. ############################################################################ # NOTE: Tweak the "MY_OPTIONS" line in case you are having booting problems! ############################################################################ # Changelog: # - Add support for 'savevm' # - Fix cpuid related warning on EPYC # - Fix 'savevm' support MY_OPTIONS="+pcid,+ssse3,+sse4.2,+popcnt,+avx,+aes,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check" # This script works for Catalina as well as Mojave. Tested with macOS 10.14.6 and macOS 10.15.6. ALLOCATED_RAM="3072" # MiB CPU_SOCKETS="1" CPU_CORES="2" CPU_THREADS="4" REPO_PATH="." OVMF_DIR="." # for snapshots export TMPDIR=$PWD # shellcheck disable=SC2054 args=( -enable-kvm -m "$ALLOCATED_RAM" -cpu Penryn,kvm=on,vendor=GenuineIntel,+invtsc,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,"$MY_OPTIONS" -machine q35 -usb -device usb-kbd -device usb-mouse -smp "$CPU_THREADS",cores="$CPU_CORES",sockets="$CPU_SOCKETS" -device isa-applesmc,osk="ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc" -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly,snapshot=off,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_CODE.fd" -drive if=pflash,format=raw,snapshot=on,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_VARS-1024x768.fd" -smbios type=2 -device ich9-ahci,id=sata # -drive id=OpenCoreBoot,if=none,snapshot=on,format=qcow2,file="$REPO_PATH/OpenCore-Catalina/OpenCore.qcow2" -drive id=OpenCoreBoot,if=none,snapshot=on,format=qcow2,file="$REPO_PATH/OpenCore-Catalina/OpenCore-nopicker.qcow2" -device ide-hd,bus=sata.2,drive=OpenCoreBoot -device ide-hd,bus=sata.3,drive=InstallMedia -drive id=InstallMedia,if=none,file="$REPO_PATH/BaseSystem.img",format=raw # -drive id=MacHDD,if=none,snapshot=on,file="$REPO_PATH/mac_hdd_ng.img",format=qcow2 -drive id=MacHDD,if=none,snapshot=off,file="$REPO_PATH/mac_hdd_ng.img",format=qcow2 -device ide-hd,bus=sata.4,drive=MacHDD -netdev user,id=net0 -device vmxnet3,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27 -monitor stdio -vga vmware -display none -vnc 0.0.0.0:1, -k en-us ) qemu-system-x86_64 "${args[@]}"