Bug 554724 – x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0: mouse pointer jumping in multiscreen

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO

[Description Massimo Burcheri 2015-07-13 09:59:34 UTC]

The new x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0 has broken mouse pointer in multi-screenmode. Downgrading to 13.0.0-r1 makes it work again.

This is VMware-Workstation 11 on Win7 host and Gentoo VM, using
app-emulation/open-vm-tools-9.10.0.2476743 with USE="xinerama"
x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware-13.1.0
x11-base/xorg-server-1.17.2
x11-base/xorg-drivers-1.17

Also 13.0.0-r1 always had the bug when crossing screen boarders on a multi-screen setup the mouse pointer disappears for 1 sec (https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/issues/14). Annoying but usable.
I'm not sure if the tools are involved in these issues at all.

However switching xf86-input-vmmouse definitly reveals this bug.

Switching to x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0 makes the mousepointer loose focus giving back the pointer to the host. That means pressing Ctrl+R in terminals makes the VM hard-reset. Clicking inside the VM to gain focus makes the pointer jump somewhere else. This is not usable anymore.

I have masked x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-13.1.0 to make the VM usable again.

[Comment 1 Markus Meier 2015-07-19 18:31:46 UTC]

arm stable, all arches done.

[Comment 2 Markus Meier 2015-07-19 18:33:22 UTC]

(In reply to Markus Meier from comment #1)
> arm stable, all arches done.

whoops, sorry wrong bug. reopening.

[Comment 3 Richard Benjamin Voigt 2016-07-29 16:01:24 UTC]

Version 13.1.0 is not loading the vmmouse driver at all, this problem has nothing to do with multiscreen.  Please see bug #565838

[Comment 4 Matt Turner 2017-02-25 22:49:29 UTC]

(In reply to Richard Benjamin Voigt from comment #3)
> Version 13.1.0 is not loading the vmmouse driver at all, this problem has
> nothing to do with multiscreen.  Please see bug #565838

So, with this fixed, is this bug actually resolved?