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Getting the mouse working in an Ubuntu Virtualbox

I ran into an issue with Virtualbox when used with Ubuntu Intrepid. On my Ubuntu virtual machine, the mouse integration wasn't working. I eventually got it to work by adding the following lines to the end of the /etc/X11/xorg.conf: 

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "vboxmouse"
Option "CorePointer"
EndSection

After that, I had to reboot for the change to take effect.

If you're having mouse problems in Virtualbox with Ubuntu, you might want to give this a shot and see if it works for you too.
Rating: 83% positive, 6 total Votes
Categories: ubuntu intrepid Virtualbox mouse
Added: on Feb 06, 2009 at 11:47 am
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: ubuntu mouse virtualbox intrepid working

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thank you!!! this worked perfectly :)
– Added by an anonymous user on Apr 15, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Didn't work for me... Pity.
– Added by an anonymous user on Apr 18, 2009 at 3:59 am
Dont' need to reboot. Just hit Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X.
– Added by an anonymous user on May 17, 2009 at 1:59 am
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