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List:       vbox-users
Subject:    Re: [vbox-users] Feature request: support for touchpad scrolling
From:       "Luis Gallardo" <gallardo.linux () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-06-18 0:45:13
Message-ID: 48d96f4d0706171745s483d39d6ocb95d257872656ce () mail ! gmail ! com
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Why don't you try the other way around?

Ubuntu as host and Windows as guest :)

PS: That's the way!!

On 6/17/07, David Balazic <David.Balazic@hermes-softlab.com> wrote:
> It does not work for me either :
> WinXP pro host, vbox 1.3.8 , windows Vista guest.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
> ________________________________
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> From: vbox-users-bounces@virtualbox.org on behalf of lucatrv
> Sent: ned 17-jun-07 16:53
> To: vbox-users@virtualbox.org
> Subject: [vbox-users] Feature request: support for touchpad scrolling
>
>
>
>
> Hi, I have installed VirtualBox 1.40 on a laptop with Windows XP, and Ubuntu
> 7.04 as a guest. I have installed the Guest Additions on Ubuntu.
> I am satisfied with this solution (I tried vmware before) but I have a
> problem with the touchpad scrolling (which doesn't work).
> This is a cut of my xorg.conf file:
>
> [CUT......]
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Configured Mouse"
>         Driver          "vboxmouse"
>         Option          "CorePointer"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "ImPS/2"
>         Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
>         Option          "Emulate3Buttons"       "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>         Identifier      "Synaptics Touchpad"
>         Driver          "synaptics"
>         Option          "SendCoreEvents"        "true"
>         Option          "Device"                "/dev/psaux"
>         Option          "Protocol"              "auto-dev"
>         Option          "HorizScrollDelta"      "0"
>         Option          "SHMConfig"             "true"
> EndSection
>
> [CUT.......]
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>         Identifier      "Default Layout"
>         Screen          "Default Screen"
>         InputDevice     "Generic Keyboard"
>         InputDevice     "Configured Mouse"
>         InputDevice     "Synaptics Touchpad"
> EndSection
>
> [CUT.......]
>
> I have also installed the gsynaptics package:
>
> http://gsynaptics.sourceforge.jp/
>
> but when I try to start it emits the following error:
>
> GSynaptics couldn't initialize.
> You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use
> GSynaptics
>
> When I try to scroll with the touchpad the mouse pointer changes and becomes
> very similar (identical?) to that of windows... this makes me think that
> virtualbox simply doesn't catch those events. I guess this is a problem for
> anyone using virtualbox on laptop. So I have a question: perhaps would it be
> possible to add a "vboxsynaptics" driver to the Guest Additions with support
> of scrolling events?
>
> Thank you,
> Luca
>
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-- 
Saludos,
Luis Gallardo

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