[Novalug] Problem with Cursor Movement on Ubuntu 7.10 64 bit

[John B. Holmblad]

Ken,

yes I did and I had hoped that that would fix the problem but it does 
not. When I get a chance I will get VNC server running on the Ubuntu 
guest and drill into it with a remote VNC client (I have TightVNC 
running on Windows XP and it works fine)  and see if that conflagration 
(i.e. VNC client =>VNC server) has the same problem with cursor 
movement. I know that what I am doing is in all likelihood somewhat 
unusual, that is RDP'ing into a Windows Server running VMWare and then 
using the desktop instance of Ubuntu that is presented by the VMWare 
server console.


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John Holmblad

 

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Ken Kauffman wrote:
> Did you install the VMWare tools on the guest OS?  That normally fixes 
> most video/mouse issues for me.
>
> Ken
>
> On 12/8/07, *John B. Holmblad* < jholmblad at aol.com 
> <mailto:jholmblad at aol.com>> wrote:
>
>     All,
>
>     here is a problem I am having with Ubuntu 7.10 that I posted on
>     the Ubuntu forums. I post it here in the event that any VMware
>     experts in this group have ideas leading to a solution:
>
>>         All,
>>
>>         I have a problem that came about as a result of the need to
>>         install the 64 bit version of Ubuntu since, it seems the 32
>>         bit Ubuntu CD that I received form Canonical is defective.
>>
>>         *Here is the problem I am having:*
>>
>>         The mouse cursor has great difficulty recognizing the full
>>         dimensions of the monitor screen. It seems to prefer the
>>         right hand side of the screen and getting it to move to the
>>         left is very difficult.
>>
>>         *Here is how my installation is configured
>>         *
>>
>>         I have installed Ubuntu V 7.10 64 bit as a VMware Server
>>         Virtual Machine running on a dual core Athlon 64 system with
>>         plenty of RAM. The host OS is Microsoft Windows Home Serve
>>         (WHS) which is a 32 bit OS. I have confirmed, using a check
>>         utility from VMware, that this particular processor DOES
>>         support 64 bit guest OS's.
>>
>>         Furthermore I access the guest OS by using the Microsoft RDP
>>         client from a Windows XP SP2 system connecting to the WHS
>>         host, and, from there launching the Ubuntu VM in a window
>>         opened up by the VMware server.
>>
>>         The Mouse I am using on my Windows XP system is a RF
>>         (bluetooth I think) wireless optical mouse and it works fine
>>         with other 32 bit guest OS's running on the same system but
>>         with Microsoft Virtual Server which, unfortunately, itself
>>         does NOT support 64 bit guest OS's.
>>
>>         Furthermore the display device on my Windows XP system is a
>>         22' Viewsonic and the resolution is set to 1680x1050 pixels
>>         as is the RDP client. When I connect to WHS using RDP and
>>         check the desktop properties it shows the same resoluition,
>>         i.e. 1680x1050.
>>
>>         *Speculation*
>>
>>         Perhaps the problem results from the fact that I am running
>>         the 64 bit guest OS under the control of an instance of
>>         VMware Server running on a 32 bit host OS?
>>
>>         Any help would be appreciated.
>
>     -- 
>
>     Best Regards,
>
>      
>
>     John Holmblad
>
>      
>
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