ubuntu feisty mouse problem

[Edoardo]

In feisty on a vmware machine - when the xorg mouse driver is vmmouse - a single click is all too easily interpreted as a double click (unless the mouse button release is very slow after the press, which is unnatural).

this happens with both vmware 5.x and 6 beta, on different hosts (RHEL4 and feisty respectively).

if anyone has experienced it and can suggest workarounds I'll be happy to know.

PS - I have been using both linux and vmware for years. I have no probs with either usually!

[Edoardo]

i should add that since feisty uses XOrg 7.2 I need to manually take the drivers (for Xorg 7.x) from the vmware tools and copy over to my xorg install

I also tried using the distro's own xorg vmmouse driver (which I'd guess is aligned ith 7.2) but it makes no difference

Even more, the weird behavior is there also without vmtoos - just with the xorg stock vmware video and vmmouse input drivers

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Edoardo

[WolfC]

On my machine the problem disappeared when I followed the instructions in http://www.vmware.com/info?id=97

[Edoardo]

thanks for the info, but my host is a linux host and I can't find a config.ini

... and even through many updates, the ubuntu guest mouse is still erratic and a single click is often interpreted as a double click

[hmblprogrammer]

Edoardo,

Did you ever find a solution to this issue? I experience the same problem...

-Josh

[hithere]

I also have this problem. The mouse is erratic, sometimes a single click does nothing. Disabling DHCP in Ubuntu helped with the pointer being erratic. (I don't have a DHCP server, my IPs must be static).

Sometimes I see two pointers at full screen. I do not have VMware tools installed, I am running the Feisty LiveCD in VMPlayer v2 on Windows Vista host.

just to clarify, i still have the mouse-click-sometimes-does-nothing type problem.

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hithere

[sefsinc]

It is now July the 11th and this question remains unanswered. Will the VMWare staff please respond to this issue.

Thank you.

[KevinG]

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Now what is your issue?

Please post complete details of your configuration

[sefsinc]

Thanks for your response.

What specific config information do you need and how Do I get it.

The host OS is Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 Running VMWare Workstation 6.00 and the guest is Feisty Server 7.04. The problem experienced is the one defined in the first post of this thread.

[KevinG]

Post the /etc/X11/xorg.conf from your Ubuntu guest

[sefsinc]

\# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)

#

\# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using

\# values from the debconf database.

#

\# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.

\# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)

#

\# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades \*only*

\# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg

\# package.

#

\# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated

\# again, run the following command:

\# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"

FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"

1. path to defoma fonts

FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"

EndSection

Section "Module"

Load "i2c"

Load "bitmap"

Load "ddc"

Load "dri"

Load "extmod"

Load "freetype"

Load "glx"

Load "int10"

Load "vbe"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Generic Keyboard"

Driver "kbd"

Option "CoreKeyboard"

Option "XkbRules" "xorg"

Option "XkbModel" "pc105"

Option "XkbLayout" "us"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Identifier "Configured Mouse"

Driver "vmmouse"

Option "CorePointer"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

Option "Protocol" "ps/2"

Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"

Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "stylus"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"

Option "Type" "stylus"

Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "eraser"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"

Option "Type" "eraser"

Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

Driver "wacom"

Identifier "cursor"

Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"

Option "Type" "cursor"

Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY

EndSection

Section "Device"

Identifier "VMware SVGA"

Driver "vmware"

EndSection

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "VMware SVGA"

Monitor "vmware"

1. Don't specify DefaultColorDepth unless you know what you're

1. doing. It will override the driver's preferences which can

1. cause the X server not to run if the host doesn't support the

1. depth.

Subsection "Display"

1. VGA mode: better left untouched

Depth 4

Modes "640x480"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 8

Modes "800x600"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 15

Modes "800x600"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 16

Modes "800x600"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

Subsection "Display"

Depth 24

Modes "800x600"

ViewPort 0 0

EndSubsection

EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"

Identifier "Default Layout"

Screen "Default Screen"

InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"

InputDevice "Configured Mouse"

InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"

InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"

EndSection

Section "DRI"

Mode 0666

EndSection

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "vmware"

VendorName "VMware, Inc"

HorizSync 1-10000

VertRefresh 1-10000

EndSection

[sefsinc]

Any ideas yet?

Tried in

1) Ubuntu Gusty Guest.

2) VMWare appliance downloaded from Vmware market place (Feisty).

3) Fresh install of Feisty 7.04 Host (and guest on host)

The problem only occurs after installing the VMWare tools. With out the tools the single clicks are as they should be. But of course the mouse cannot cross the borders. And all installing vmware, the vmmouse is giving the problem.

Thanks.

[saserlite]

Workarounds for this issue can be found in the following thread:

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=716756