vmmouse_detect1
Vmware mouse device autodetection tool
Usage
vmmouse_detect
Options
vmmouse_detect has no options
Overview
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_detectfound 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.
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.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 8 (Jessie)
- Debian 7 (Wheezy)
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)