VMWare Ubuntu guest multitouch touchpad

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Published on 2012-06-19T15:12:55Z Indexed on 2012/06/19 15:18 UTC
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I've read that it's not possible to enable multitouch in vmware guest.

What confuses me, is that when I use something special (like two finger scroll) in guest OS, I can see the cursor change to the scrolling one.

Is this some kind of virtualization bug or is there a possibility that I can enable multitouch in guest?

Host: Windows 7

Guest: Ubuntu 12.04

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