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Date:      Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:16:58 +1000
From:      Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au>
To:        "Webster, Andrew" <awebster@connectalk.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xorg 7.2 and FreeBSD 6.2-p5 VMWARE vmmouse problem
Message-ID:  <52FB2FB3-9B27-45E4-A093-92512B14AC1A@brooknet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <9D61D69E3C1F7F459C5513AD830EE2195137B3@mtlex01.connectalk.com>
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On 10/07/2007, at 11:53 AM, Webster, Andrew wrote:

> Howdy,
>
>
>
> I was successfully able to get Xorg upgraded to 7.2 by just =20
> installing them from scratch as opposed to trying to upgrading an =20
> existing system, BUT I=92ve run into a problem=85
>
>
>
> While running VMWare Server 1.0.3 with FreeBSD 6.2-p5 and Xorg 7.2, =20=

> the mouse pointer behaves very oddly.
>
> The pointer appears in the wrong place on the screen for where the =20
> system actually thinks that it is.
>
> I=92m using the vmmouse driver part of the Xorg system, as the =20
> regular mouse driver doesn=92t appear to work at all, unless some =20
> settings are amiss.
>
> I really like the vmmouse drive because you can move the pointer in/=20=

> out of the window as you do with regular windows guest OSes.
>
>
>
> Has anyone experienced similar problems and/ or know of a fix for =20
> this?
>

Andrew,

I just set up VMWare Fusion with FreeBSD and have a problem that =20
might be related.  Ascii art time:
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|_|         |
|           |
|           |
|___________|

The pointer appears normally on the screen.  However, clicking around =20=

the screen does not work except in a small area in the top left =20
corner.  Moving the mouse within this tiny corner seems to scale up =20
and operate on the entire screen.  Eg. if I click and drag across the =20=

tiny corner, I can see the selection appear across the entire desktop.

Is this similar to your issue?  Did you find a resolution?

Cheers
Sam




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