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#1 2009-05-31 00:35:02

meolson
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From: Logan, UT
Registered: 2009-05-31
Posts: 7

VirtualBox Arch Guest -- Everything working but mouse [SOLVED]

I have a problem installing my arch linux system on VirtualBox.  I had it all working perfectly in VirtualBox 1.6, but since they updated to 2.2, I had problems, especially with the network.  I resisted the change as long as I could, but when xorg updated, I needed to update to 2.2.

So, I decided to install from scratch for various reasons.  I finally got the network and the additions to work, except the mouse integration.  When integration is on, I can move the mouse and highlight the buttons, but when I click, nothing happens.  When I try to use the keyboard, nothing happens.  I've googled a lot, but everything I've found doesn't seem to help.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?  Any suggestions?

meolson

P.S. My host system is a mac.

Last edited by meolson (2009-06-03 15:29:52)

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#2 2009-06-02 23:46:36

meolson
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From: Logan, UT
Registered: 2009-05-31
Posts: 7

Re: VirtualBox Arch Guest -- Everything working but mouse [SOLVED]

I found a solution.  I have no idea how "proper" it is, but it works.  I found another forum topic similar to this one, only he had a lot more problems.  But I just followed the procedure he outlined almost to the bottom of the discussion.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=558129

The key was the xorg.conf.  He said that somehow it became a 4-line file:

Code:

# Default xorg.conf for Xorg 1.5+ without PCI_TXT_IDS_PATH enabled.
#
# This file was created by VirtualBox Additions installer as it
# was unable to find any existing configuration file for X.

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "VirtualBox Video Card"
        Driver          "vboxvideo"
EndSection

Then I started it up, and the mouse and keyboard work fine.  I wonder why all the settings that I was told to use didn't work...

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#3 2009-06-03 10:10:54

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: VirtualBox Arch Guest -- Everything working but mouse [SOLVED]

Can you please mark the topic as [SOLVED]?

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