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 information.

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.launchpad.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)