I installed Alpine Linux 3.16 virtual machine edition on QEMU/KVM using 
Virt-Manager. I installed XFCE on it. I wanted to enable copy-and-paste, so I 
tried to install spice-vdagent on it, but it kept crashing. I checked the 
output using the "-x" parameter, and basically, it crashed due to the lack of 
/dev/uinput. The screenshot is at https://i.imgur.com/9WKaVG8.png
I do not know Linux much, so I am not sure if /dev/uinput is not present due to 
the settings of the virtual machine or because I have not installed something 
on Alpine Linux. I tried the standard edition of Alpine, and right after the 
installation, /dev/uinput was not present.

In case that Alpine Linux indeed does not support /dev/uinput, can't the spice 
service run anyway? All I want is text copy-and-paste between the host and the 
guest, and does that feature need /dev/uinput?

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