Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 09:27:52 +1000 From: Anders Jensen-Waud <anders@jensenwaud.com> To: "R. Scott Evans" <freebsd-questions@rsle.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual Box Mouse? Message-ID: <20140616232512.GA40772@koodekoo.local> In-Reply-To: <539F22C1.4000306@rsle.net> References: <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> <539F22C1.4000306@rsle.net>
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 01:00:49PM -0400, R. Scott Evans wrote: > 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. > Just out of interest: does the virtualbox-ose-additions package provide functionality for automatic resizing of the window when X is running? This is the case for Linux on VirtualBox but I am not sure if FreeBSD supports it. Also, is KMS supported as well? > -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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Anders Jensen-Waud E: anders@jensenwaud.com
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