Linux + VMware mouse problems

[chri2]

On my notebook I'm using Debian Bookworm with an additional external display connected. When I'm running VMware remote console 12.0.5 build-22744838 for a Windows VM I'm having problems using the mouse. The same mouse connected directly to the notebook works just fine.

Problems observed:

• No mouse pointer shown inside the console when focus taken by the console
• When clicking to put input focus inside the remote console the guests mouse pointer freezes in position even though it seems I can still move an invisible mouse pointer and click on buttons if I'm able to guess the right mouse position
• Starting to type inside an guest freezes the mouse pointer. Releasing the input focus by ctrl-alt and activating the input to the guest by clicking makes the guests mouse pointer work again until I activate an input field and type some stuff.

[hrvach]

I haven't tried vmware before, but I reckon you should be able to work around this with "direct mode" that should soon be out in the next release... tl;dr - a key combo that locks the mouse to the current screen and turns it into a plain, relative mouse. Would this be a reasonable solution?

[chri2]

That would be a great solution. Sounds simple and effective (not increasing code complexity a lot I hope). I'll try when the feature is available.

[hrvach]

@chri2 implemented in v0.63, please check and let me know if this works with your VM. Cheers!