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ozz314
April 29th, 2008, 07:41 PM
Hello!

I just installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron on my MacBook via VMware Fusion (1.1.2). Everything seems to be working great except I can't scroll using the two-finger trackpad gesture nor by using an attached USB mouse with a scroll wheel.

This is a minor annoyance, but does anyone have a fix? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
rjpa
May 8th, 2008, 02:03 PM
Yeha I would also like to know how to fix this annoying error?

- RJPA
cyberdork33
May 8th, 2008, 04:33 PM
did you install vmware tools? also you might check the virtualization forum (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=308).
rjpa
May 8th, 2008, 05:08 PM
did you install vmware tools? also you might check the virtualization forum (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=308).

Yes I did install the VMWare Tools, but nothing works. Any one who knows how to get Shared Folders to work?

- RJPA
ozz314
May 8th, 2008, 08:56 PM
Yeha I would also like to know how to fix this annoying error?

- RJPA

I didn't find the solution, but I do have a workaround. Instead of using Fusion use VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) which is open source.

After installing VirtualBox the scrolling worked. However, my resolution was set to 800x600. To fix that follow these instructions here (http://ozz314.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/ubuntu-resolution-fix-using-virtualbox-on-macbook/).

In regards to file sharing, I haven't figured that part out. I think the simplest way is to create a samba share. However, VirtualBox doesn't support bridged networking out of the box, so I'm not sure how to do that. Anyone else able to setup a samba share from guest Ubuntu to Mac Host with VirtualBox?