Mouse pointer problem in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

[PPettit]

I'm a complete Linux noob and I'm trying out Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 5 in VMWare Player. It runs ok except for a problem with the mouse pointer.

If I move my mouse pointer to the bottom or right edge of the display and then move the pointer back to the desktop, there is another pointer just barely poking out from the edge that I just came from. If I click a mouse button, the pointer disappears from the desktop and the one at the edge of the screen will now move with the mouse. This gets real frustrating, real fast.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[BadBigBen]

This is not a Linux problem...

but rather with VMware, if this is by design or a problem I would not know...



Ben

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[PPettit]

I assumed that it was an Ubuntu/configuration problem because another distro I'm experimenting with (BackTrack 4) doesn't have this issue.

 

[BadBigBen]

VMWare detaches the mouse pointer when you touch the edge of the window and sometimes does not attach it back when you move back into the Desktop area...

This happens on some guests and then not on others... why this is so, I could only guess and then I would probably be wrong...



Ben

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[stefanwagner]

As a complete Linux noob, you shouldn't use a beta version. Beta versions are ment to be used by experts, who help ubuntu fix them - not by noobs who need help themselves.

But in this case it sounds like normal VMware behaviour, so I don't expect ubuntu 8.10 to give a different experience.

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