Virtualbox: Fix Mouse Integration Issue In Ubuntu Intrepid Guest

By | January 26, 2009 |

virtualbox-logoIf you have installed Ubuntu Intrepid as a virtual machine in your Virtualbox, you will find that the mouse integration does not work, even after you have installed the guest addition.

If you are having this problem, here’s the fix:

First, make sure that the guest addition is already installed inn your Ubuntu Intrepid guest.

Open a terminal, type

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Add the following lines to the end of the file. Save and close

Section “InputDevice”
Identifier “Configured Mouse”
Driver “vboxmouse”
Option “CorePointer”
EndSection

Restart the computer. The mouse integration should work now.



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    It works! Thanks!!!

  • http://gunblad3.blogspot.com GunBlad3

    It works! Thanks!!!

  • Dreur

    Had to reinstall virtualbox after, strange but it works

    Thanks for the tip

  • Dreur

    Had to reinstall virtualbox after, strange but it works

    Thanks for the tip

  • john

    finally works. thanks!

  • john

    finally works. thanks!

  • James

    Aren’t you forgetting something?

    Shouldn’t a person backup their xorg.conf file BEFORE making manual changes to it?

    Thankfully, I had the good sense to do so before I took your sage advice, because on my next reboot, xorg blew up on me, and I was sitting there, looking at a freaking command prompt!

  • James

    Aren’t you forgetting something?

    Shouldn’t a person backup their xorg.conf file BEFORE making manual changes to it?

    Thankfully, I had the good sense to do so before I took your sage advice, because on my next reboot, xorg blew up on me, and I was sitting there, looking at a freaking command prompt!