Re: [GNU-linux-libre] VMware Xorg drivers

[Sam Geeraerts]

Henry Jensen wrote:
> - Debian based distros: xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse and xserver-xorg-video-vmware 
> - Fedora-based distros: xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse and xorg-x11-drv-vmware
> - Arch based distros: xf86-video-vmware and xf86-input-vmmouse
>
> I found this packages in Trisquel, BLAG and Parabola GNU/Linux. 
> I haven't checked other free distros.
>
> I think this drivers are useful only when using a VMware Virtualisation Software 
> Product. To the best of my knowledge none of those products is free software.

Looks like vmmouse works with other emulation software too [1].
QEMU seems to provide a VMWare virtual video device [2]. AFAIK, all of 
QEMU is free software.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/197337
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU#Shortcomings