Public bug reported: The open-vm-tools-desktop allows capturing/releasing the cursor at the edge of the screen of the VMware Workstation. This functionality doesn't work correctly when the guest OS is Kubuntu and the session is the wayland.
- VMware Workstation 17.6.4 build-24832109. - Host OS : Windows 11 - Guest OS : Kubuntu 25.04, 25.10 - XDG_SESION_TYPE: wayland ## Detail description. Inside the VMware Workstation Pro, when the cursor reached to the boundary of the guest OS desktop, it crosses the boundary automatically and is captured by host OS desktop. Also, when the cursor crosses the VMware window edge from the host OS desktop to the guest OS desktop, the cursor is automatically captured by the guest OS. This is done by open-vm-tools-desktop package without any settings. In the Kubuntu 25.04 and 25.10, this automatic cursor capturing / releasing doesn't work correctly when the DM is the wayland. It works well if the DM is x11. The Ubuntu 25.10 doesn't have this problem. ## Expected behavior. Automatic cursor capturing, releasing works correctly, with Kubuntu 25.10 wayland. ## Note The Kubuntu 25.10 has installation bug on the VMWare Workstation. The workaround is suggested in the following ticket. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sddm/+bug/2127892 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10 Package: open-vm-tools-desktop 2:13.0.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-5.5-generic 6.17.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 6.17.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Oct 17 05:35:41 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-10-14 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" - Release amd64 (20251007) SourcePackage: open-vm-tools UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: open-vm-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug questing wayland-session -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2128670 Title: open-vm-tools-desktop doesn't handle auto cursor capturing on Kubuntu 25.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/open-vm-tools/+bug/2128670/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
