Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#6937 closed defect (fixed)
Mouse-over functionality in Linux/X.Org guest failing and link to dri driver missing -> fixed in SVN
| Reported by: | thomasd | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | guest additions | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.4 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Linux | Host type: | Windows |
Description
I run an up-to-date Arch Linux x86_64 as guest using their [testing] repository, which installs X.org Server 1.8.
I seem to have no mouse-over effects at all inside the guest. My window manager (wmii) normally has sloppy focus, i.e., focus follows mouse, but I have to click inside the windows to focus them. Also, in Firefox, menus that are based on the mouse-over effect on some sites do not work inside Virtualbox, I have to click the menus to open them.
Visit dpreview.com as an example for such a website. The upper menu is mouse-over. If I hover over "Reviews" nothing happens. If I click on "Reviews", two things happen: The drop-down menu opens and at the same time the link that "Reviews" includes is followed. So effectively, I cannot make use of the drop-down menu.
Another thing, don't know if it is related: If I mark text in any application, being Firefox or xterm or anything else, I see the marking only if I release the mouse button, not while marking the text.
Someone on this thread http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=31798&start=0 suggested to hold down a key while moving the mouse. And indeed, my window manager shows mouse-follows-focus again and browsing is also fine when holding the left Ctrl button while moving the mouse.
Attachments (2)
Change History (7)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
by , 15 years ago
by , 15 years ago
| Attachment: | Xorg.0.log added |
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comment:2 by , 15 years ago
You are right, substituting /dev/input/mice by /dev/vboxguest fixed this. Thanks. I am attaching the files which let it fail, just in case.
I noticed another issue in the Xorg.0.log: The file /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/vboxvideo_dri.so is missing. Should I open a separate ticket for this?
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
| Summary: | no mouse-over functionality with X.org server 1.8 in guest → Mouse-over functionality in Linux/X.Org guest failing and link to dri driver missing |
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No need for a new ticket. To fix this manually, create the missing file as a symlink to /usr/lib/VBoxOGL.so.
comment:4 by , 15 years ago
| Summary: | Mouse-over functionality in Linux/X.Org guest failing and link to dri driver missing → Mouse-over functionality in Linux/X.Org guest failing and link to dri driver missing -> fixed in SVN |
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This has been fixed in the development code.
comment:5 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → fixed |
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| Status: | new → closed |
This normally happens when the vboxmouse mouse driver is associated with /dev/input/mice or something similar in xorg.conf instead of with /dev/vboxguest.
Do you have an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in the guest, and if so did you create it yourself? And can you attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log and xorg.conf if any to this ticket?