Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:28:15 -0700 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-questions@rsle.net>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <CANnsUMEvHsK8NM1yfXieEyZgnnvkaGHJXkLx_KW6r4pjwu6wMQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406161022320.11962@wonkity.com> 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> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406151756440.95181@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMEG%2BrshOHamkb0PWzHxCC59vNSnZMSYU3oo=e4=fCpJ0Q@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406160834320.5783@wonkity.com> <CANnsUMGUfd8Xj%2Bezrj4oxsG69K-YugiXX=zMODyKY_B7WueY7w@mail.gmail.com> <539F0C27.50301@rsle.net> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1406161022320.11962@wonkity.com>
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Thanks, Warren. I forgot the "enable" part of hal_enable and dbus_enable. It is working fine now. It would be nice to have a higher screen res for the guest though. It is very small, but that is a topic for a different thread. Thanks, Chris Maness On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014, R. Scott Evans wrote: > >> The question that has yet to be asked... are we talking about enabling the >> mouse in X windows or in console? >> >> For console all you need is 'moused_enable="YES"' in your /etc/rc.conf. >> Enabling it across all local terminals doesn't work well for me as the Mac's >> F keys don't work (for me) in VirtualBox. >> >> For X windows, all I added was the hald_enable=YES and dbus_enable=YES to >> my /etc/rc.conf. I did not need to install virtualbox additions or any >> xorg.conf. I just did a fresh install (via pkg) of xorg & xfce4 on a >> FreeBSD 10-R-p4 amd64 install in vbox on my mid 2011 iMac running 10.9.3 to >> verify this. > > > That's a good point. The VBox mouse drivers give a seamless mouse, so focus > is passed from the host to the VM window and back when the mouse pointer is > moved. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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