Re: Mouse not sync'd with pointer
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 08:38:49AM -0700, Robert Patton wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Eric Gerlach <egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca>
> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 4:55:52 PM
> > Subject: Re: Mouse not sync'd with pointer
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 06:23:04PM -0700, Robert Patton wrote:
> > > I just installed Lenny in a VMware Player virtual machine and the pointer does
> > not match up with
> > > the mouse. There is a x and y offset from where the mouse x-y is and where
> > the desktop (gnome)
> > > places the pointer. This makes navigating the desktop extremely difficult.
> > Has anyone seen this problem
> > > before? What do I do to get the pointer to be placed where the mouse
> > coordinates are?
> >
> > What OS is on the host? The guest?
> >
> > Do you have VMWare tools installed on the guest?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
>
> The host OS is Windows-XP on a Dell Latitude D630, the Guest OS is Debian
> Linux (Lenny). The mouse works find in windows, when I move into the Linux
> Window the pointer is not at the mouse coordinates. VMWare tools are not
> installed on the guest.
(Reordered to preferred, bottom-posting reply)
Try installing the VMWare Tools. They help with keyboard/mouse/timer interrupt
things. If that doesn't fix it, then you'll probably have better luck with
support on the VMWare forums than here.
(I can't help much more than this, none of my Linux guests have X on them).
Cheers,
--
Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator
Federation of Students
University of Waterloo
p: (519) 888-4567 x36329
e: egerlach@feds.uwaterloo.ca
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