vmmouse_detect
(1)
Name
vmmouse_detect - VMware mouse device autodetection tool
Synopsis
vmmouse_detect
Description
User Commands vmmouse_detect(1)
NAME
vmmouse_detect - VMware mouse device autodetection tool
SYNOPSIS
vmmouse_detect
OPTIONS
vmmouse_detect has no options
DESCRIPTION
vmmouse_detect is a tool for detecting if running in a
VMware environment where vmmouse is used. It exits with a 0
return value if the vmmouse client is enabled, and 1 if not.
DIAGNOSTICS
vmmouse_detect's exit status is used to communicate informa-
tion.
0 vmmouse_detect found a mouse and exited normally.
1 Either the vmmouse client was not enabled, or it is not
being run from within a VMware virtual machine.
BUGS
Please report bugs in vmmouse_detect <https://bugs.launch-
pad.net/ubuntu/+source/mdetect/vmmouse_detect>.
AUTHORS
vmmouse_detect is copyright 2007 VMware, Inc.
LICENSING
The vmmouse_detect source code is licensed under a BSD-like
license. See COPYING for details.
This manual page is licensed under the GNU General Public
License.
SEE ALSO
mdetect(1), XFree86(1)
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Availability |x11/server/xorg/driver/xorg-input-vmmouse |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
X Version 11 Last change: xf86-input-vmmouse 13.0.0 1
User Commands vmmouse_detect(1)
X Version 11 Last change: xf86-input-vmmouse 13.0.0 2