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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 09:40:11 UTC
The branch main has been updated by carlavilla: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=507a7c41c372b2c54fb758fc6bc3809556b96fb4 commit 507a7c41c372b2c54fb758fc6bc3809556b96fb4 Author: Claudio Cambra <developer@claudiocambra.com> AuthorDate: 2024-12-29 09:38:22 +0000 Commit: Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <carlavilla@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-12-29 09:38:22 +0000 Handbook - Virtualization: Add notes to VMWare related setup guide Reviewed by: carlavilla@, Pau Amma<pauamma@gundo.com> Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/424 --- .../en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc index 81558529cd..fcf9c036fa 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc @@ -269,6 +269,24 @@ To run FreeBSD smoothly on VMWare, drivers should be installed: # pkg install xf86-video-vmware xf86-input-vmmouse open-vm-tools .... +[NOTE] +==== +The xf86 packages are only available for x86 FreeBSD guests. +==== + +[.procedure] +==== +.Enabling the mouse ++ +Some users have reported issues using the mouse in the virtual machine. +The mouse may be enabled by appending the following to [.filename]#/boot/loader.conf#: ++ +[.programlisting] +.... +# ums_load=“YES” +.... +==== + [[virtualization-guest-virtualbox]] == FreeBSD as a Guest on VirtualBox(TM)