VMware/VirtualBox users: How do I enable scrolling in guest?

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aceo07 · #1 Post by **aceo07** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:26 am

When I installed VMWare and VirtualBox to run Ubuntu under Windows host, I can't get the guest Ubuntu OS to scroll.

I can enable scrolling under VMware on my desktop machine, with a usb scroll mouse. If I make the same edits to the xorg.conf on my X40, it doesn't work. It seems like VMware/VirtualBox doesn't like the trackpoint.

I'd be great to get this working. If I run Ubuntu natively, it will support the trackpoint. However, I'd like to run it under virtual machine. Also, an usb mouse is not an option. I like to use it on the go.

Does anybody else have problems with this? How did you resolve it?

fasterbybike · #2 Post by **fasterbybike** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:06 am

Have you looked at the Thinkpad Scroll Daemon project - not sure if it would help though.

#3 Post by **jdhurst** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 10:01 am

I have the same issue (roughly forever, since I go back as far as VMWare V1.0 and am now at V5.54. ... JDH

aceo07 · #4 Post by **aceo07** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:19 pm

I guess no solution.

I'll have to look into do undervolting on Ubuntu then. That's one of the advantage of windows. Just install NHC and undervolt. That, along with all the IBM Thinkvantage software support.

yufe · #5 Post by **yufe** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:32 pm

Try to add to "Pass 0" section of the file
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\TP4table.dat
the following lines:

;VirtualBox.exe
*,*,VirtualBox.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

See also
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... f354d534b0

Yuriy.

aceo07 · #6 Post by **aceo07** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:23 am

yufe wrote:Try to add to "Pass 0" section of the file
C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP\TP4table.dat
the following lines:

;VirtualBox.exe
*,*,VirtualBox.exe,*,*,*,WheelStd,0,9

See also
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... f354d534b0

Yuriy.

Thanks! I'll have to look into that. First thing I need to do is to try to install this Synaptic software. It's not preinstalled. Where can I download it?

aceo07 · #7 Post by **aceo07** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:42 pm

Bump^. Where/how do I get the synaptic software? It didn't come with preinstalled.

cosmos · #8 Post by **cosmos** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:44 am

BUMP/I have the same problem!

duneplanet · #9 Post by **duneplanet** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:38 pm

same problem here -- any solution yet?

#10 Post by **jdhurst** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:55 pm

Probably the easiest solution today is to get a LogiTech VX Nano Mouse. The receiver can live in the USB port (mine does), and the mouse scrolls a VMware guest. ... JDH

VMware/VirtualBox users: How do I enable scrolling in guest?

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