Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 17:58:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com> Cc: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, kpneal@pobox.com Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406151756440.95181@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20140615231128.GA49715@192-168-1-10.tpgi.com.au> References: <CANnsUMGaR8-izzZU=B7RiN1NUCyF8aqRioM%2B3rQwrqToZFCCVQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1406142003460.47506@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMHVANyEvGU7Z4n_9WV0_1DLnsY5U4rVRdXcRSht1%2BmEzw@mail.gmail.com> <20140615220519.GA91726@neutralgood.org> <20140615231128.GA49715@192-168-1-10.tpgi.com.au>
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On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, Anders Jensen-Waud wrote: > If /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't exist, you can generate one by running 'X > -configure' as root. This will generate a new file called xorg.conf.new, > which you can, if it runs successfully for your hardware, copy to > /etc/X11 to make it permanently available for all users on the machine. Yes. However, I recommend *not* generating a full xorg.conf. Particularly for a VirtualBox VM, it is not needed and prevents autoconfiguration. The section shown here is all that is needed. >>>> Section "ServerLayout" >>>> Identifier "whatever" >>>> InputDevice "Mouse1" >>>> EndSection >>>> >>>> Section "InputDevice" >>>> Identifier "Mouse1" >>>> Driver "vboxmouse" >>>> EndSection
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