FS#8570 - xorg-server-1.4-4 in vmware : mouse doesn't work

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Colin Pitrat (LiFo2) - Thursday, 08 November 2007, 12:16 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 06 November 2008, 22:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Jan de Groot (JGC)
Alexander Baldeck (kth5)
Architecture i686
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 4
Private No

Details

Description:

I updated xorg-server (from 1.2.0-5 to 1.4-4) under an environment that run in vmware, and after that the mouse wasn't working. The cursor was moving, but when I right clicked, it opened the menu in the bottom-right corner, wherever was my cursor.
Therefore, I restored old version of xf86-vmmouse (12.4.1-1 instead of 12.4.3-1), but the mouse wasn't working at all (the cursor wasn't moving, and I couldn't click). I had to also restore the old version of xorg-server (and also all xf86-... drivers) to have it work allright.

Additional info:
* xorg-server-1.4-4 and xf86-vmmouse-12.4.3-1: mouse doesn't work
* xorg-server-1.2.0-5 and xf86-vmmouse-12.4.1-1: mouse does work

Steps to reproduce:
- Prerequisite: vmware (under WinXP for me but should work under Linux too) with archlinux installed in it and xorg-server and xf86-vmmouse packages installed
- update xorg-server and xf86-vmmouse
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Closed by  Jan de Groot (JGC)
Thursday, 06 November 2008, 22:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  Assuming fixed, no response.
Comment by Dimos Dimoulis (dimosd) - Tuesday, 20 November 2007, 17:18 GMT
I have the same problem. I am using xorg's "plain" mouse driver as a workaround, but it has some glitches vmmouse didn't have. VMWare is 6.02 (this is an xorg upstream bug probably)
Comment by Dimos Dimoulis (dimosd) - Wednesday, 09 January 2008, 12:57 GMT
I found a patch for xf86-input-vmmouse. I tried and it works.

More info:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse/+bug/180968
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.maint.x/browse_thread/thread/9c2ecc22fba0f03a
   vmware.patch (1.1 KiB)
Comment by Dimos Dimoulis (dimosd) - Monday, 28 January 2008, 14:50 GMT
Let me note that this patch has been included in Debian and Ubuntu, so it should be safe.
Comment by sp42b (sp42b) - Tuesday, 29 January 2008, 22:40 GMT
I can confirm this bug. I can also confirm, that the patch is working.
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Thursday, 08 May 2008, 08:36 GMT
This is a bug in xorg-server, not in xf86-input-vmmouse (the vmmouse patch is a workaround for the bug in xorg-server). A few hours ago there have been upstream backports from the master branch to the server-1.4 branch to fix this bug, we'll update our patch snapshot to track changes in that branch soon.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Monday, 21 July 2008, 16:48 GMT
JGC is this fixed?
Comment by Han Xiao (arak) - Thursday, 24 July 2008, 07:12 GMT
Still needs patches in my arch box, with xorg-server 1.4.2-1 and xf86-input-vmmouse 12.4.3-1
Comment by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Monday, 13 October 2008, 10:39 GMT
Is this fixed in xorg-server 1.5.2 and the xf86-input-vmmouse 12.5.1.1?

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