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Installed Ubuntu 14.04 as guest OS on VMWare workstation v11. Machine is a Lenovo z50-70 laptop. I haven't been able to scroll using the touchpad. I have to either use a usb mouse or the touchpad buttons to actually drag the scrollbar.

Have tried few suggestions like re-installing the xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. But that was of little help.

Also I dont see any options for enabling/disabling scroll which are usually there in the muose/touchpad settings.

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Please suggest a working solution.

swapab
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  • Try following "Launch VMWare workstation, click the Edit menu, then select Preferences. Now select the Devices Tab - You will see a checkbox "Disable Autorun on Host" turn this off, i.e take the check off, click apply and ok. Close down VMWare Workstation, reboot your machine" – Aravinda Apr 05 '15 at 16:43
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    Thanks @Aravinda, but that didn't helped. Still not able to scroll – swapab Apr 06 '15 at 06:51

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VMWare Workstation currently doesn't have native support for two finger scroll. You can switch to VirtualBox or install a third-party software on your host that emulates a scroll wheel.

Ancalagon
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The best bet would be to use the arrow keys to work around the touchpad, it is incredibly frustrating but I am beginning to recognize that there is no fix for this.

user833717
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