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Erratic Pointer Movement in Full-Screen Mode on Linux Hosts
Details
My mouse works fine in window mode but jumps around in full
screen VGA mode. I am operating on a Linux host machine. What is
wrong?
Solution
On a Linux host, you may need to specify the type of mouse you
have. (Note that this is the type of the physical mouse attached to
your host computer. The virtual machine always has a PS/2 mouse.)
The VMware software normally gets the mouse type from your X
server, but sometimes that is not possible or the information from
X is incorrect. To specify the mouse type
Open the Configuration Editor (Settings > Configuration Editor).
Click Mouse to show the mouse configuration options.
Select the correct setting for Host Mouse Type.
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