FreeBSD 8.1 in Vmware Workstation 7.0.1

[dylandenney]

I cannot get the mouse to work when I start the gnome or kde desktop when running freeBSD in vmware. I've tried everything that I've read so far. I do get errors when trying to configure Xorg, but I can start gnome or kde with no problem other than I don't have any mouse or keyboard controls. Please help!

 

[wblock@]

What have you tried? hal/dbus, AutoAddDevices, xf86-input-vmmouse?

 

[vermaden]

@dylandenney

Try that:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7956

 

[wblock@]

@dylandenney

Try that:
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=7956

Please remove the AllowEmptyInput Off setting: http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/aei.html

 

[vermaden]

@wblock

What for?

 

[wblock@]

From the link: "Because of the earlier problems, people became convinced that turning off AllowEmptyInput was the way to prevent xorg-server from using hald. In some configurations, that works. Other times, particularly if hald is running, typed characters don’t show up on the screen until the mouse is moved, and mouse movement itself is jerky and doesn’t react smoothly. ... If you run hald but don’t want to use it for input device autodetection, or don’t run hald at all, turn off AutoAddDevices in xorg.conf."