398808 – xorg.conf mouse setting wrong on virtual vmware machine

Bug 398808 - xorg.conf mouse setting wrong on virtual vmware machine

Summary: xorg.conf mouse setting wrong on virtual vmware machine

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 372189

Alias:	None

Product:	openSUSE 11.0
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	X.Org (show other bugs)
Version:	RC 1
Hardware:	x86 openSUSE 11.0

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal (vote)
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Assignee:	Stefan Dirsch
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Reported:	2008-06-10 11:17 UTC by Dr. Markus Ammer
Modified:	2008-06-10 13:54 UTC (History)
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Description Dr. Markus Ammer 2008-06-10 11:17:27 UTC

--- /etc/X11/xorg.conf~ 2008-06-10 13:06:33.000000000 +0200
+++ /etc/X11/xorg.conf  2008-06-10 13:06:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@


 Section "InputDevice"
-  Driver       "mouse"
+  Driver       "vmmouse"
   Identifier   "Mouse[1]"
   Option       "Buttons" "5"
   Option       "Device" "/dev/input/mice"


"mouse" works somewhat but "vmmouse" is the one which comes with vmware tools.

Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2008-06-10 11:37:54 UTC

But it doesn't work. Therefore it has been disabled again.

sax2.changes:
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Fri Mar 21 22:00:33 CET 2008 - sndirsch@suse.de

- disable-vmmouse.diff
  * no longer use vmmouse driver by default (bnc #372189) 




*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 372189 ***

Comment 2 Dr. Markus Ammer 2008-06-10 13:54:57 UTC

Sorry, to be more precise: "mouse" has been configured by sax2, but this renders a hardly usable gui on the vm. The vm window obviously has its own mouse settings with a much too fast mouse pointer, even with acceleration=1 on the guest. And the mouse pointer is grabbed in the kdm logon screen.

Therefore I have changed to "vmmouse" where the guest mouse pointer is seamlessly integrated in the host gui (SuSE 10.1). On my system (fresh install RC1) this setting works as expected.