Why don't you try the other way around? Ubuntu as host and Windows as guest :)
PS: That's the way!! On 6/17/07, David Balazic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It does not work for me either : > WinXP pro host, vbox 1.3.8 , windows Vista guest. > > Regards, > David > > ________________________________ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of lucatrv > Sent: ned 17-jun-07 16:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [vbox-users] Feature request: support for touchpad scrolling > > > > > Hi, I have installed VirtualBox 1.40 on a laptop with Windows XP, and Ubuntu > 7.04 as a guest. I have installed the Guest Additions on Ubuntu. > I am satisfied with this solution (I tried vmware before) but I have a > problem with the touchpad scrolling (which doesn't work). > This is a cut of my xorg.conf file: > > [CUT......] > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured Mouse" > Driver "vboxmouse" > Option "CorePointer" > Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" > Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" > EndSection > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" > Driver "synaptics" > Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" > Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" > Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" > Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" > Option "SHMConfig" "true" > EndSection > > [CUT.......] > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen "Default Screen" > InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" > InputDevice "Configured Mouse" > InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" > EndSection > > [CUT.......] > > I have also installed the gsynaptics package: > > http://gsynaptics.sourceforge.jp/ > > but when I try to start it emits the following error: > > GSynaptics couldn't initialize. > You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use > GSynaptics > > When I try to scroll with the touchpad the mouse pointer changes and becomes > very similar (identical?) to that of windows... this makes me think that > virtualbox simply doesn't catch those events. I guess this is a problem for > anyone using virtualbox on laptop. So I have a question: perhaps would it be > possible to add a "vboxsynaptics" driver to the Guest Additions with support > of scrolling events? > > Thank you, > Luca > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > -- Saludos, Luis Gallardo _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
