source: x/installing/x7driver-vmmouse.xml@ 9638ed8b

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-version "13.0.0">

  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-download-http "&xorg-download-http;/driver/xf86-input-vmmouse-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-download-ftp  "&xorg-download-ftp;/driver/xf86-input-vmmouse-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-md5sum        "34f9f64ee6a1a51fc8266a9af24e1e07">
  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-size          "308 KB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-buildsize     "2.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY xorg-vmmouse-driver-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

  <!-- Begin Xorg VMMouse Driver -->
  <sect2 id="xorg-vmmouse-driver" xreflabel="Xorg VMMouse Driver-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;">

    <title>Xorg VMMouse Driver-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;</title>

    <indexterm zone="xorg-vmmouse-driver">
      <primary sortas="a-xorg-vmmouse-driver">xorg-vmmouse-driver</primary>
    </indexterm>

    <sect3 role="package">
      <title>Introduction to Xorg VMMouse Driver</title>

      <para>
        The <application>Xorg VMMouse Driver</application> 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 <application>Qemu</application>, too.
      </para>

      &lfs77_checked;

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Package Information</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xorg-vmmouse-driver-download-http;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xorg-vmmouse-driver-download-ftp;"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download MD5 sum: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-md5sum;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Download size: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-size;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated disk space required: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-buildsize;
          </para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Estimated build time: &xorg-vmmouse-driver-time;
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
      <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Required patch:
            <ulink url="&patch-root;/xf86-input-vmmouse-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;-build_fix-1.patch"/>
          </para>
        </listitem>
      </itemizedlist>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Xorg VMMouse Driver Dependencies</bridgehead>

      <bridgehead renderas="sect5">Required</bridgehead>
      <para role="required">
        <xref linkend="xorg-server"/>
      </para>

      <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
        User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xorg-vmmouse-driver"/>
      </para>
    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="installation">
      <title>Installation of Xorg VMMouse Driver</title>

      <para>
        Install <application>Xorg VMMouse Driver</application> by running the
        following commands:
      </para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../xf86-input-vmmouse-&xorg-vmmouse-driver-version;-build_fix-1.patch &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e '/__i386__/a iopl(3);' tools/vmmouse_detect.c &amp;&amp;
./configure $XORG_CONFIG               \
            --without-hal-fdi-dir      \
            --without-hal-callouts-dir \
            --with-udev-rules-dir=/lib/udev/rules.d &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

      <para>
        This package does not come with a test suite.
      </para>

      <para>
        Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
      </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    </sect3>

    <sect3>
      <title>Command Explanations</title>

      <para>
        <command>sed -i -e '/__i386__/a iopl(3);' ...</command>: This command
        allows <command>vmmouse_detect</command> to detect the VMMouse protocol
        in a <application>Qemu</application> virtual machine.
      </para>

      <para>
        <parameter>--with-udev-rules-dir=/lib/udev/rules.d</parameter>:
        This switch specifies where udev rules should be installed.
      </para>

      <para>
        <option>--without-hal-*-dir</option>: These switches disable
        installation of the <application>HAL</application> components
        which are not needed on Linux.
      </para>

    </sect3>

    <sect3 role="content">
      <title>Contents</title>

      <segmentedlist>
        <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
        <segtitle>Installed Xorg Drivers</segtitle>

        <seglistitem>
          <seg>
            vmmouse_detect
          </seg>
          <seg>
            vmmouse_drv.so
          </seg>
        </seglistitem>
      </segmentedlist>

      <variablelist>
        <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
        <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

        <varlistentry id="vmmouse_detect">
          <term><command>vmmouse_detect</command></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              is a tool for detecting if running in a VMware environment where
              vmmouse is used.
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="xorg-vmmouse-driver vmmouse_detect">
              <primary sortas="b-vmmouse_detect">vmmouse_detect</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

        <varlistentry id="vmmouse_drv">
          <term><filename class="libraryfile">vmmouse_drv.so</filename></term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              is an Xorg input driver for VMware Mouse.
            </para>
            <indexterm zone="xorg-vmmouse-driver vmmouse_drv">
              <primary sortas="c-vmmouse_drv">vmmouse_drv.so</primary>
            </indexterm>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>

      </variablelist>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>
  <!-- End Xorg VMMouse Driver -->