I've got it working winxp host - edgy guest and a M$ wheelmouse with changing the protocol to IMPS/2 as found on.
http://www.tipstrs.com/tip/89/Enable-mouse-scroll-under-VMware-guest I also installed vmware-tools ( workstation 5.5.3 build-34685 ) but it didn't worked without the change in xorg.conf. -- Scroll wheel in MS mouse doesn't work under VMware https://launchpad.net/bugs/67616 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs