Bug 318627

Summary:	app-emulation/vmware-player: mouse starts flickering when upgraded x11-libs/gtk+ to 2.18.9
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Alexander Stein <alexanders83>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Alexander Stein 2010-05-05 15:04:50 UTC

I upgraded x11-libs/gtk+ to 2.18.9 and with that version I can only use a small part (~640x480px) of the vmware player window. If I move outside this window the player starts grabbing and ungrabbing the mouse continously on moving.

The hint from here (http://www.cyberwizzard.nl/site/blog-linux-gentoo-linux/157-fixing-vmware-mouse-flicker.html) and here (http://zenware.net/blog/?p=74) 
> echo "VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes" >> /etc/vmware/bootstrap
doesn't work on my box. Maybe this is only valid for workstation. But I can run VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes vmplayer to get the shipped libs used.

This should either be default, hinted during emerge or gtk+ fixed on whatever way.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install app-emulation/vmware-player and update x11-libs/gtk+ to 2.18.9
2. run vmplayer
3. launch a virtual machine

Actual Results:  
Only a small left upper part of the virtual machine window is useable by mouse. It's unuseable on the other parts

Expected Results:  
The window should be useable normally. Run VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes vmplayer for comparison

Comment 1 Vadim Kuznetsov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-05-06 11:59:06 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 291297 ***