From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 23:28:08 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6130DDD3 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:28:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f41.google.com (mail-pb0-f41.google.com [209.85.160.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F8722A35 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:28:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f41.google.com with SMTP id ma3so4966097pbc.14 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:28:00 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :organization:user-agent; bh=Xh41bJ5P/SoEFDnGaTm9A8aBVZH0VCjkv34yndh7uco=; b=Q/Nr0C/7xAPOPFaMGTtdh4Gjg4wlyk8iSvu7LMClsgft7lT13XpCb6Cn57BMiJOwyE gZn6voTmHIzHT9k0TKp4RPEMbUuE4+stdguIATj0C1ePi7okMrkMrusAHc9K6annfc5H j9WKn7sTqmWUbrpchqw1UdnuI2cQhUhJy1SBx0xJaprD7BHUf4JMTbu1kho6tJOOLeqy aSdBlZ7jR38Z1yBQ6gZj8BYjewZ5XXG5SN2TlitxxKumJonUWxQvyj/tbeKNVlxe1fV+ yekGdnsFpF8VUvbJ0FhK7WBrpZNGpJNJZZrispQJWoLrYK59sAlGRY7+rTqczSomQ/Lk rpIQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkBvHCXaOsVC9StLhsFXTu/X+9xyI+uvcUs3Ygfrjem6Coc1CIkI1/MWI/cdneaao9pPv/e X-Received: by 10.68.231.35 with SMTP id td3mr27587367pbc.137.1402961280809; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([120.154.118.69]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dz4sm75319715pab.47.2014.06.16.16.27.57 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:27:52 +1000 From: Anders Jensen-Waud To: "R. Scott Evans" Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <20140616232512.GA40772@koodekoo.local> References: <20140615220519.GA91726@neutralgood.org> <20140615231128.GA49715@192-168-1-10.tpgi.com.au> <539F0C27.50301@rsle.net> <539F22C1.4000306@rsle.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <539F22C1.4000306@rsle.net> Organization: Jensen-Waud User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:28:08 -0000 On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 01:00:49PM -0400, R. Scott Evans wrote: > On 06/16/14 12:28, Chris Maness wrote: > >Thanks, Warren. I forgot the "enable" part of hal_enable and > >dbus_enable. It is working fine now. It would be nice to have a > >higher screen res for the guest though. It is very small, but that is > >a topic for a different thread. > > > >Thanks, > >Chris Maness > > Different thread... maybe, but to provide a quick answer to it - this is > where installing the virtualbox-ose-additions come in. With the additions > installed on the guest I can do fullscreen and still don't need to create a > static xorg.conf. > Just out of interest: does the virtualbox-ose-additions package provide functionality for automatic resizing of the window when X is running? This is the case for Linux on VirtualBox but I am not sure if FreeBSD supports it. Also, is KMS supported as well? > -scott > > >On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Warren Block wrote: > >>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. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >_______________________________________________ > >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Anders Jensen-Waud E: anders@jensenwaud.com