no mouse pointer on VMware on Macbook pro

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. running Android on VMware on a Macbook Pro 
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
no mouse pointer works

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.2, running from CD on VMware on a Macbook Pro running recentish Mac OS X
(sorry not near this machine currently)

Please provide any additional information below.
Im using it happily on windows with Virtualbox, however above is my boss's
set up and he likes VMware :o)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jp.hayw...@gmail.com on 17 Aug 2009 at 4:34

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Today I created a CD Image using liveandroidv0.3.iso.001 and 
liveandroidv0.3.iso.002. The image is usable to create a bootable VM on Mac OS 
X Snow Leopard 10.6.4. The OS boots and a nice desktop appears, but there is no 
mouse pointer visible upon clicking inside the VM window. The pointer reappears 
when the mouse is "moved" outside the Android-Mobile window - indicating that 
the VM is unaware of the mouse since it is supposed to "capture" the pointer 
and require the use of the host key (Command) to free the pointer from the VM 
window.

Original comment by hash...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 6:26

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Okay - I figured it out. On the system page in the VirtualBox details, you need 
to uncheck the box that says: Enable absolute pointing device. The tooltip says 
that if you uncheck the box, then only a standard PS/2 mouse will be emulated - 
that did the trick for me. Android now comes up with a funky light grey 
triangle mouse pointer.

Original comment by hash...@gmail.com on 4 Jul 2010 at 8:28

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• [android virtualbox macbook ps 2 mouse only.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/live-android/issue-45/comment-2/android virtualbox macbook ps 2 mouse only.png)
• [Android VirtualBox on macbook - grey triangle mouse pointer.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/live-android/issue-45/comment-2/Android VirtualBox on macbook - grey triangle mouse pointer.png)

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Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again

Original comment by pmcglyn...@gmail.com on 10 May 2011 at 12:34