On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 06:41:00PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Peter Maxfield wrote: > >Only problem so far: I use 2 monitors. VMPlayer grabs my mouse and won't > >let me move it from one screen to the other. So, I'm stuck running > >VMPlayer > >and can't do anything else. Any suggestions? > > Install VMWare Tools, that lets the cursor move in and out of the VMWare > application without having to release the cursor. > > To manually release the cursor, just simultaneously press and release > CTRL and ALT keys. You should have your cursor back until you click in > the VMWare screen again.
The pre-built xastir virtual machine already has vmware tools installed. If you're using that, then you should be good to go. If you aren't, then be sure to download a linux virtual machine that has the tools installed. You can't install vmware tools through the player, I think, only through Server or Workstation. > You could also mean that you are running VMWare in full screen mode on > only one of your 2 monitors. If that is the case, I don't know how that > is handled. To release the mouse cursor from vmware control in full screen mode, you have to hit CTRL-ALT --- this returns vmware to windowed mode and releases the cursor to Losedows. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
