Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:23:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-questions@rsle.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406161022320.11962@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <539F0C27.50301@rsle.net> References: <CANnsUMGaR8-izzZU=B7RiN1NUCyF8aqRioM%2B3rQwrqToZFCCVQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406142003460.47506@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMHVANyEvGU7Z4n_9WV0_1DLnsY5U4rVRdXcRSht1%2BmEzw@mail.gmail.com> <20140615220519.GA91726@neutralgood.org> <20140615231128.GA49715@192-168-1-10.tpgi.com.au> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406151756440.95181@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMEG%2BrshOHamkb0PWzHxCC59vNSnZMSYU3oo=e4=fCpJ0Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406160834320.5783@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMGUfd8Xj%2Bezrj4oxsG69K-YugiXX=zMODyKY_B7WueY7w@mail.gmail.com> <539F0C27.50301@rsle.net>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, R. Scott Evans wrote: > The question that has yet to be asked... are we talking about enabling the > mouse in X windows or in console? > > For console all you need is 'moused_enable="YES"' in your /etc/rc.conf. > Enabling it across all local terminals doesn't work well for me as the Mac's > F keys don't work (for me) in VirtualBox. > > For X windows, all I added was the hald_enable=YES and dbus_enable=YES to my > /etc/rc.conf. I did not need to install virtualbox additions or any > xorg.conf. I just did a fresh install (via pkg) of xorg & xfce4 on a FreeBSD > 10-R-p4 amd64 install in vbox on my mid 2011 iMac running 10.9.3 to verify > this. That's a good point. The VBox mouse drivers give a seamless mouse, so focus is passed from the host to the VM window and back when the mouse pointer is moved.
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