Mouse not working in VMs using Linux OS with UEFI and Secure Boot enabled
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Article ID: 340226
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Products
VMware vCenter ServerVMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
The vmmouse kernel mode driver is required for secure boot-enabled virtual machines. VMware upstreamed the vmmouse kernel driver in Linux kernel 4.1. Any Linux distribution before Linux kernel 4.1 will not have a fully functional mouse unless the user has back ported the vmmouse driver.
This issue affects the following releases:
SLES 12 SP1 and earlier releases
RHEL 7.2 and earlier releases
CentOS 7.2 and earlier releases
Oracle Linux 7.2 and earlier releases
Ubuntu 15.04 and earlier releases
Environment
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5 VMware vCenter Server 6.5.x
Resolution
Users must back port the vmmouse driver for Linux distributions before Linux kernel 4.1.