Re: [open-vm-tools-devel] Mouse Capture

[Adar D. <ad...@vm...>]

> > Just to clarify, you aren't even able to click the mouse=20
> and have the guest
> > grab the input? Or are you referring to automatic=20
> grab/ungrab, where moving
> > the mouse in and out of the guest will automatically=20
> redirect input to it (or=20
> > to the host)?
>=20
> I was able to click the vm and have it grab input, however I=20
> was wanting the ability to automatically redirect the input.
>=20
> > Presumably you tested with KDE/IceWM/Xfce in the _host_,=20
> not in the guest,=20
> > right? That's how I interpreted your e-mail; I just want to be sure.
>=20
> I was testing with KDE/IceWM on the host, and KDE/IceWM/Xfce=20
> on the guest. It seems as if only the guest's Window Manager=20
> made a difference as to the ability to redirect the input.=20
> Now, that being said I did find that if you use the vmmouse=20
> module in xorg.conf that it removed any/all issues that I was=20
> seeing. Now I am just curious as to why some Window Managers=20
> need the module (IceWM) while others do not (KDE/Xfce).=20

It sounds like you're talking about the "auto grab/ungrab" feature, but =
I'm
not entirely sure because I don't know what you mean by "automatically
redirect the input" above.

If that's what we're talking about, know that vmmouse isn't the only =
provider
of this feature; the vmware-user process is another. My guess is that =
you've
been running vmware-user in the background and that the auto grab/ungrab
provided by vmware-user on IceWM doesn't work for some reason. Can you
confirm or deny this?