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Mouse does not function on a Solaris 11 virtual machine
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Article ID: 316606
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VMware Desktop Hypervisor
VMware vSphere ESXi
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
Mouse does not function on a Solaris 11 virtual machine
After setting up a virtual machine with the Solaris 11 guest operating system, the mouse does not work
Environment
VMware Workstation 9.x (Linux)
VMware Fusion 6.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware Fusion 7.x
VMware Workstation 9.x (Windows)
VMware Fusion 5.x
Cause
This issue occurs because Solaris 11 does not load the correct driver by default.
Resolution
For
Solaris 11.4, ensure you are on
Solaris 11.4.9 .5.0 (Solaris 11.4 SRU 9)
.
To resolve this issue, you must specify the driver in the configuration file.
To specify the driver in the configuration file:
Verify that VMware Tools are installed in the Solaris 11 virtual machine. For more information, see
Installing VMware Tools in a Solaris virtual machine
.
Enter single-user mode in the guest operating system by running the command:
init S
Generate a new
xorg.conf
file by running the command:
Xorg -configure
Copy the newly generated file
/root/xorg.conf.new
to
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
:
cp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Open the file
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
for editing and modify the Mouse0 InputDevice section. For example:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "vmmouse"
EndSection
Open the file
/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/11-x11-vmmouse.fdi
for editing.
Find the line that says:
<append key="info.callouts.add" type="strlist">hal-probe-vmmouse</append>
Add this line underneath it:
<merge key="input.x11_driver" type="string">vmmouse</merge>
Reboot the virtual machine.
Additional Information
Installing VMware Tools in a Solaris virtual machine
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