That's strange! I use VMware Workstation 10 here daily, and haven't run into any sort of issues, so perhaps it's related to a particular setting.
Could you send me a screenshot of the Input preferences for VMware (Edit > Preferences > Input)?
Thanks!
bgfe04
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Attached is a screen shot of that configuration
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bgfe04
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I've done both items and rebooted, the problem is still there.
Ok, could you try disabling some more of the DisplayFusion features to see if we can narrow it down to a specific features? More specifically, the Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons, Key Combinations, Window Snapping, and Window Location.
Thanks!
Rob Levine
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Any progress on this?
I've got the same problem (I was the author of the thread on VMWare's support forum that the original poster here linked to).
The issues with jerkiness in the guest OSs disappear completely once DisplayFusion is closed on the host.
Among the various experiments I've tried are adding all three of the following programs (at the same time) and separately to "Compatibility" and checking all compatibility checkboxes for all of them (giving a compatibility setting of 11). This doesn't fix the problem.
I've also disabled all Window Edge Snapping, but this doesn't help either.
I still haven't been able to reproduce the issue here, and I've been using VMware Workstation here for years without issues. Would you be able to disable specific features in DisplayFusion one at a time to see if any specific feature makes a difference?
Rob Levine
6 discussion posts
Hi Keith, I'm happy to try and reproduce this with you.
What sort of features did you want me to try disabling?
What I've already tried is (from my post on VMWare forums:
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In DisplayFusion settings, set all the compatibility check boxes to "checked", for each of the following files:
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-unity-helper.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\x64\vmware-vmx.exe
This will then show a compatibility setting of "11" for each.
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This didn't fix the problem, with all these options disabled.
Can you elaborate as to which settings and optyions I should experiment with?
Thanks,
Rob
Rob Levine
6 discussion posts
Hi Keith, I've tried your suggestions and it hasn't fixed the problem.
It does seem as if the problem may be less severe (maybe it doesn't go jerky and hang as much as previously), it is difficult to be sure.
Overall the problem is definitely still there though.
What should I try next?
Ok, and if you disable the hooks globally in the Settings > Advanced Settings window, then restart your machine, does that make any difference at all?
Rob Levine
6 discussion posts
Hi Keith,
No - the problem is still there.
One thing I wondered is if my setup might have an impact - so I thought I'd mention it.
I have a three-screen set-up, and when I use VMWare I tend to use it full-screen across two of them.
Two of my screens are powered by my nVidia GTX580, and the remaining one from the mobo/CPU graphics (ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Z68 with Intel i7 2600K).
Any thoughts of what to try next?
Thanks,
Rob
Ok, interesting. I don't usually run full screen, but just tested it out and it still seems ok. Is the mouse lag always there? Or only intermittently? Also, in VMware, could you navigate to Edit > Preferences > Input and attach a screenshot of that settings window?
Rob Levine
6 discussion posts
Hi Keith, attached is the screenshot you requested.
No - the jerky mouse isn't always apparent. It runs smoothly most of the time, but then suddenly becomes unusable and jerky at certain times that often seem to correspond to load (e.g. when I'm compiling for the first time since I opened my IDE). At the same time, the keyboard becomes unresponsive. This lasts a second or two, after which the keyboard will have a tendency to double/triple type whatever characters were being typed during the slow down, repeating a lot of them unecessarily, and the mouse shoots off in the direction it was last moved.
It does seem to be a little better since I disabled the various options you have suggested - it anecdotaly seems less common but it is definitely still happening.
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Ok, I'm wondering if it's a CPU usage issue maybe? Could you try enabling the Processor Affinity option in the DisplayFusion Advanced Settings and then restart DisplayFusion to see if that helps at all?
Rob Levine
6 discussion posts
Hi Keith,
YES - this really does seem to have sorted out the problem!
I enabled the Processor Affinity option and over time I noticed that I hadn't experienced the problem.
I then went back and reset all the other settings we'd experimented with, leaving just Processor Affinity enabled, and the problem still wasn't apparent.
Finally, this morning, I disabled Processor Affinity, and immediately saw the problem return.
What is the purpose of this setting? I think I understand what it does, but why constrain the processor to a single CPU in the first place? Is it reasonable for me to just leave this option enabled?
Thanks for all your help diagnosing this problem; it's been a bit of a long haul!
Rob
