%general-entities; ]> $Date$ xorg-vmmouse-driver The Xorg VMMouse Driver package contains the VMMouse input driver for the Xorg X server. The VMMouse driver enables support for the special VMMouse protocol that is provided by VMware virtual machines to give absolute pointer positioning. It can be used with Qemu, too. Starting with version 4.1, the linux kernel supports the VMMouse protocol so that this driver is not needed anymore. Furthermore, kernel support conflicts with earlier versions of this driver (before 13.1), so it is advisable to either remove this driver if you plan to always use kernels with versions greater or equal to 4.1, or update this driver to 13.1 or above if you want to be able to use both old and recent kernels. &lfs84_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-md5sum; Download size: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-size; Estimated disk space required: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-buildsize; Estimated build time: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-time; Xorg VMMouse Driver Dependencies Required User Notes: To get kernel support for the VMMouse, enable the following options in the kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary: Processor type and features ---> [*] Symmetric multi-processing support [CONFIG_SMP] [*] Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms [CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM] [*] ScaleMP vSMP [CONFIG_X86_VSMP] Device Drivers ---> Input device support ---> [*] Mice ---> [CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE] <*/M> PS/2 mouse [CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2] [*] Virtual mouse (vmmouse) [CONFIG_MOUSE_PS2_VMMOUSE] Install Xorg VMMouse Driver by running the following commands: ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \ --without-hal-fdi-dir \ --without-hal-callouts-dir \ --with-udev-rules-dir=/lib/udev/rules.d && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make install --with-udev-rules-dir=/lib/udev/rules.d: This switch specifies where udev rules should be installed. --without-hal-*-dir: These switches disable installation of the HAL components which are not needed on Linux. Installed Program Installed Xorg Drivers vmmouse_detect vmmouse_drv.so Short Descriptions vmmouse_detect is a tool for detecting if running in a VMware environment where vmmouse is used. vmmouse_detect vmmouse_drv.so is an Xorg input driver for VMware Mouse. vmmouse_drv.so