VMWare Fusion 25H2 Regression - Linux mouse cursor offset, no problem with Fusion 13.6.4

[George Yohng]

After upgrading to 25H2, on Linux Guest (Ubuntu ARM Wayland), if the mouse is set not to be optimised for games, then the mouse cursor is offset from the actual click location. The offset is strange - the cursor offset jumps when the cursor changes between a pointer and resize arrow shape - for some cursor shapes it overshoots the location, for some it undershoots.

Also, on Windows Guest, the cursor somehow got reduced and became tiny.

I'm using Retina mode for both Linux and Windows.

Downgrading to VMWare 13.6.4 solved the issue. Same config, same virtual machine, same everything.

(Running MacOS Tahoe with MBP M4 Max)

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[Bigdave1357]

Same MBP as you, same setup, same problem. In my guest Win 11 Arm the mouse pointer position jumps slight on changing from pointer to a drag indicator. Usually an undershoot. On click it jumps back to the correct position. 

i also see strange scaling on WinForms apps when running in scaled resolutions on a retina display. 

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[hkluis]

A workaround to turn off Retina display is suggested in https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/discussion/mouse-cursor-size-in-windows-11-arm-vm.  It works on MacOS, leaving a huge pointer size but it's livable.

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[Eduard Rozenberg]

Similar/related issues in Windows 11 VM's with pointer size and pointer click location offset, discussed here:

https://community.broadcom.com/vmware-cloud-foundation/discussion/mouse-cursor-size-in-windows-11-arm-vm

Caused by the 25H2 release.

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[Technogeezer]

Hmmm. Broadcom has admitted to making changes in the graphics on Workstation to accommodate a switch to Vulkan as the preferred renderer. Perhaps those changes have leaked into Fusion (Workstaiton and Fusion do share some common technology, even though Fusion uses Metal under the hood).

I certainly hope that Broadcom is not planning to eventually force the use of Vulkan onto Mac users. There are plenty of problems with it (primarily due to buggy AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers) on Windows and Linux. 

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- Paul (technogeezer)
vExpert 2025
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[Joseph Maxie]

Is anyone aware if Broadcom is working on a fix to 25H2 release regarding mouse cursor offset that was introduced with this release?  Thanks.

Kind regards and blessings,

Joey Maxie

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[Neethu Kumar Swamy]

Yes, we are investigating this issue.

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[lech]

Hi Neethu,

please fix this issue and keep us informed here.

TIA

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[Michael Witas]

I am also having offset cursor problems using Windows 11 and Mac OS Sequoia, which I never had before (I'm a longtime user of VM Ware Fusion). And my VM Ware tools will not load (I get an error message). This means no drag and drop for my files between platforms. My cursor pointer in Windows is also really small. After a while, I just gave up trying to fix things. Hopefully, an update patch will be posted sometime soon.

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