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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
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.../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)