Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:00:49 -0400 From: "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-questions@rsle.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <539F22C1.4000306@rsle.net> In-Reply-To: <CANnsUMEvHsK8NM1yfXieEyZgnnvkaGHJXkLx_KW6r4pjwu6wMQ@mail.gmail.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> <CANnsUMEvHsK8NM1yfXieEyZgnnvkaGHJXkLx_KW6r4pjwu6wMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/16/14 12:28, Chris Maness wrote: > 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 Different thread... maybe, but to provide a quick answer to it - this is where installing the virtualbox-ose-additions come in. With the additions installed on the guest I can do fullscreen and still don't need to create a static xorg.conf. -scott > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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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