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Hi.
I have installed Arch Linux v3.7.8 on to a VMWare virtual machine and configured VNC for remote access.
However, when accessed via VNC (using KRDC) and I open firefox for example I don't get a proper mouse pointer that allows me to select links, buttons or menus. The only pointer I get is a double headed arrow (left/right).
If I do the same action via the vSphere Client console everything works as expected.
Is anyone familiar with this and able to help me solve this please?
Bill

Gusar wrote:If only KRDC has the issue and other clients don't (did you try others besides vSphere?), then the issue is in KRDC. So report it to them.
Hi Gusar,
Thanks for the reply. It's been tested with Windows VNC Client and that too has the same issue as KRDC so I'm suspecting it's a VNC Server (configuration) issue. So not to sure how to proceed.
Bill

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