From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 16 16:28:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73F9E512 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ve0-x230.google.com (mail-ve0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c01::230]) (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 2C69E233E for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 16:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ve0-f176.google.com with SMTP id db12so6216573veb.21 for ; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:28:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ONYVAT8XuoLR5q0WG5VW95e/NPFb/qZVHEfq/hJZJ2Q=; b=qf6DNMZd2641X2A0A+1f5gW0DKNLe4fuDJlz/32og3rIpf/zyJKYhl7OBpGYuJx0hU cThMzf8243fU5OrOnGsIqT8y63V3pv+9CEqGGnNNdj52fcXMTPO+rI4YypBB6wWtVWdX 5rwS6FtwSlbbQSKN/KTJpvE0isrdbvh0ekbzLmIc52y6ERFgaqQQBiTDSwVOIf7rSt7V 6jBpUhAOUvyLMn/6VMPb8xudrmNrakDyM/Yin84k/4nvqzlaywQ+hPI1VvCUjVq6VBYk hqYsunssxdJ796XLkR9euVhoSSzbt6P1zJTyNbpaZs/6YDeQ9ei3PSs6P/SxuwRT1/K6 tRfw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.53.72 with SMTP id l8mr17293245vcg.16.1402936095204; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:28:15 -0700 (PDT) Sender: christopher.maness@gmail.com Received: by 10.58.191.35 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:28:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20140615220519.GA91726@neutralgood.org> <20140615231128.GA49715@192-168-1-10.tpgi.com.au> <539F0C27.50301@rsle.net> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:28:15 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AY-y8n_5HZI9sjd4NuLJM0nIdKs Message-ID: Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? From: Chris Maness To: Warren Block Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "R. Scott Evans" , "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 16:28:16 -0000 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 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"