Tell me more ×
Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 1 down vote favorite

Player grabs the input when clicked inside, then the mouse pointer is locked within the Player window and I have to press ctrl+alt for the Player to release input.

Previously it all worked automagically, a few days ago, and I haven't changed the host (11.10) or guest (win XP) OSs or anything drastic like that. Maybe I have accidentally bumped some keystroke which disables the mouse pointer integration ?

I can't find the setting to make it go back to how it used to work..

share|improve this question
VMPlayer version 4.0.1 build-528992, VMWare tools 8.8.1, host OS 3.0.0-15-generic – wim Jan 23 '12 at 6:31
1  
Try to recompile VMWare tools for your Kernel by running sudo vmware-config.pl – nobody Jan 23 '12 at 7:15
vmware-config.pl is not on my machine. i have /usr/lib/vmware/setup/vmware-config but it gives me a usage message: Usage: /usr/lib/vmware/setup/vmware-config [--get KEY] [--set KEY VALUE] [--sh] – wim Jan 23 '12 at 13:05

1 Answer

up vote 0 down vote accepted

Unfortunately I can't provide any more information, but my problem simply went away after rebooting. Maybe it was a bug in VMWare.

share|improve this answer
i have the same problem and rebooting didn't help – kirill_igum Feb 23 '12 at 15:36

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.