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| author | Simon Rettberg | 2024-11-22 11:35:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Simon Rettberg | 2024-11-22 11:35:43 +0100 |
| commit | 2b5ef5cf9b8f4d583f53614dc268672cb6943981 (patch) | |
| tree | a8006f794b44e9f7a46da9fb04892bdf27b80ad9 /core/modules/vmware-common/data | |
| parent | [kiosk-chromium/kiosk-firefox] Add log messages to preload scripts (diff) | |
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[vmware-common] Use alternate method to capture mouse on startup
The old method of sending Ctrl-G to vmware seems wonky on newer VMware
versions: Sometimes, the guest OS receives a never-ending stream of G
keypresses, until you press G on the keyboard. Try to capture the mouse
by simulating a mouseclick instead.
Diffstat (limited to 'core/modules/vmware-common/data')
| -rw-r--r-- | core/modules/vmware-common/data/opt/openslx/vmchooser/plugins/vmware/run-virt.include | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/core/modules/vmware-common/data/opt/openslx/vmchooser/plugins/vmware/run-virt.include b/core/modules/vmware-common/data/opt/openslx/vmchooser/plugins/vmware/run-virt.include index 57b5ee6c..bf7bc908 100644 --- a/core/modules/vmware-common/data/opt/openslx/vmchooser/plugins/vmware/run-virt.include +++ b/core/modules/vmware-common/data/opt/openslx/vmchooser/plugins/vmware/run-virt.include @@ -53,13 +53,24 @@ run_plugin() { # HACK: make the mouse disappear ( - local WINDOWS="$(xdotool search --sync --name '.*VMware.*Player.*')" + local WINDOWS + for i in 2 2 2 1 1 1 0; do + WINDOWS="$(xdotool search --sync --name '.*VMware.*Player.*')" + [ -n "$WINDOWS" ] && break + sleep "$i" + done isempty WINDOWS && writelog "Could not find any vmplayer windows." for WINDOW in $WINDOWS; do - xdotool set_desktop_for_window $WINDOW 0 || writelog "Could not move vmplayer to desktop 0" - xdotool windowactivate --sync $WINDOW || writelog "Could not activate vmplayer window" - xdotool key --delay 2000 --clearmodifiers ctrl+g || writelog "Could not send ctrl+g to vmplayer window" + xdotool set_desktop_for_window "$WINDOW" 0 || writelog "Could not move vmplayer to desktop 0" + sleep .01 + xdotool windowactivate --sync "$WINDOW" || writelog "Could not activate vmplayer window" + sleep .01 done + wmctrl -s 0 + sleep .01 + xdotool mousemove --sync --polar 0 0 || writelog "Could not move mouse to center of screen" + sleep .01 + xdotool click 1 || writelog "Could not click" ) & # HACK: using the modified version of the wrapper script |