---
name: "vmmouse_detect"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xf86-input-vmmouse"
version: "13.2.0-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vmmouse_detect"
---

# vmmouse\_detect(1)

VMware mouse device autodetection tool

## 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)](/mdetect/1.md), [*Xorg*(1)](/Xorg/1.md), [*vmmouse*(4)](/vmmouse/4.md)