FS#30477 - [virtualbox-archlinux-additions] vboxmouse_drv.so is missing

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Olivier (olive) - Thursday, 28 June 2012, 18:02 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 28 June 2012, 18:50 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

The mouse does not work well in virtual box (it jump out of the emulated windows before reaching the edge and some problems alike) (archlinux as guest, host Windows XP). I have seen that the virtual box module vboxmouse_drv.so is missing in the latest 4.1.18-1 release (it was present some time ago) and Xorg use evdev instead. Probably evdev is not that good at this job. This module should be present: it is present in the official .iso guest addition, though I did not try to install it.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
virtualbox-archlinux-additions 4.1.18-1
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Thursday, 28 June 2012, 18:50 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 28 June 2012, 18:23 GMT
Yes, that's intended. vboxmouse_drv is no longer required. As of VBox 4.1.4 there is a kernel driver for mouse events.
Comment by Olivier (olive) - Thursday, 28 June 2012, 18:41 GMT
Euh... You are apparently right. I was still using an old xorg.cong file. With a new one, all is working properly. Sorry...

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