Virtual PC 7 VMAdditions for Linux

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Thanks for your responses. I was hoping you were going to say something
different. I have everything working except the mouse as far as I can tell.
I will post any results if I can get it working.

Thanks

"Michael Vilain" wrote:

> In article <D77C35AD-492A-403F-ADEA-2306908F3387.RemoveThis@microsoft.com>,
> Steve <Steve.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > I just installed CentOS 5.2 as a guest os in VirtualPC 7.2. I have most
> > things up and running except for the mose won't move. I am hoping that the
> > VMAdditions being installed would assist the issue. I can't find the
> > VMAdditions for Linux. Can someone provide me a download location.
>
> I don't think there ever was one. My guess is your guest OS doesn't
> have a compatible driver for Xwindows that will communicate with VPC.
>
> Got code?
>
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:09 -0700, Steve
<Steve.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thanks for your responses. I was hoping you were going to say something
>different. I have everything working except the mouse as far as I can tell.
>I will post any results if I can get it working.
>
>Thanks
>
There's no reason not to try the Virtual Server Linux Additions.
Also, you could try to manually set up the mouse in the settings for
CentOS, it needs to be configured as a PS/2 2-button.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

I am willing to try anything. I am kind of new to linux administration but
can make it through it. Can your provide the config files that I should go
after and the sytanx that I should follow? I tried to edit the xorg.conf file
wiht the same sytanx that I saw in a native xorg.conf file of the same
CentOS5.2.

Thanks
Steve

"Steve Jain" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:54:09 -0700, Steve
> <Steve.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for your responses. I was hoping you were going to say something
> >different. I have everything working except the mouse as far as I can tell.
> >I will post any results if I can get it working.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> There's no reason not to try the Virtual Server Linux Additions.
> Also, you could try to manually set up the mouse in the settings for
> CentOS, it needs to be configured as a PS/2 2-button.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.
>

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:24:24 -0700, Steve
<Steve RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am willing to try anything. I am kind of new to linux administration but
>can make it through it. Can your provide the config files that I should go
>after and the sytanx that I should follow? I tried to edit the xorg.conf file
>wiht the same sytanx that I saw in a native xorg.conf file of the same
>CentOS5.2.
>
>Thanks
>Steve
>

take a look at the comments here:
http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2008/01/16/red-hat-5centos-51-and-microsof...irtual-

they had a similar mouse problem (and fix)

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

Steve,
Thanks for the information the addition of the i8042.noloop in the grub boot
menu.lst was the trick. Once I added that and restarted the mouse snapped to
life. If did "break" the dispaly settings but that was easily reset. Things
are working great.

Thanks again for your help.


Steve

"Steve Jain" wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:24:24 -0700, Steve
> <Steve.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am willing to try anything. I am kind of new to linux administration but
> >can make it through it. Can your provide the config files that I should go
> >after and the sytanx that I should follow? I tried to edit the xorg.conf file
> >wiht the same sytanx that I saw in a native xorg.conf file of the same
> >CentOS5.2.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Steve
> >
>
> take a look at the comments here:
> http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2008/01/16/red-hat-5centos-51-and-microsof...irtual-
>
> they had a similar mouse problem (and fix)
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
> I do not work for Microsoft.
>

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:49:00 -0700, Steve
<Steve.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Steve,
>Thanks for the information the addition of the i8042.noloop in the grub boot
>menu.lst was the trick. Once I added that and restarted the mouse snapped to
>life. If did "break" the dispaly settings but that was easily reset. Things
>are working great.
>
>Thanks again for your help.
>
No problem, I didn't do the hard work of figuring it out...just
pointed you in the right direction.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

One thing to keep in mind with this is that if there is a system update or
Kernel Patch you need to apply the i8042.noloop fix again. This has
happened to me every time I update Ubuntu or GOS. Maybe with Centos you'll
be fine but just keep that in mind when updating.


On 8/26/08 6:49 PM, in article
62D2D5F6-16C4-4311-873E-D4F50D695816 RemoveThis @microsoft.com, "Steve"
<Steve RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> Thanks for the information the addition of the i8042.noloop in the grub boot
> menu.lst was the trick. Once I added that and restarted the mouse snapped to
> life. If did "break" the dispaly settings but that was easily reset. Things
> are working great.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
>
> Steve
>
> "Steve Jain" wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:24:24 -0700, Steve
>> <Steve RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I am willing to try anything. I am kind of new to linux administration but
>>> can make it through it. Can your provide the config files that I should go
>>> after and the sytanx that I should follow? I tried to edit the xorg.conf
>>> file
>>> wiht the same sytanx that I saw in a native xorg.conf file of the same
>>> CentOS5.2.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> take a look at the comments here:
>> http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2008/01/16/red-hat-5centos-51-and-microsoft-virtu
>> al-server-2005-r2-sp1/
>>
>> they had a similar mouse problem (and fix)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>> I do not work for Microsoft.
>>