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I'm running Ubuntu-Server 16.04.2 LTS in VMware-Workstation-12-Player. I installed

sudo apt install xfce4

and

sudo apt install open-vm-tools open-vm-tools-desktop

when I now start the X-Server by

startx

I see this screen enter image description here

I can see the curser inside the VM (it turns black and a little smaller within the VM) so my mouse gets tracket. But Clicking or Keyboard input doesn't work. I can't even switch back to TTY by CTRL+ALT+F<x>.

Until today I never had a problem with this setup I used multiple times already (Ubuntu + xfce4 + open-vm-tools).

Today VMware Workstation 12 Player was updated to Version 12.5.8 .. maybe it has something to do with that?

How can I get mouse and keyboard to work?

NOTE
I already tried:

  • reboot
  • removing open-vm-tools sudo apt remove open-vm-tools* --purge

Nothing changed

derHugo
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Run:

sudo apt install xserver-xorg-input-all

This installs all the input drivers for X.org.

Eliah Kagan
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