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[Bug]: Mouse cursor is not properly positioned, when virtual monitors have different system high DPI scaling in Linux Wayland guests #945

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@regs01

Version

7.2.22

Host OS Type

Windows

Host OS name + version

Windows 11

Host Architecture

x86

Guest OS Type

Linux

Guest Architecture

x86

Guest OS name + version

CachyOS, Ubuntu etc

Component

Guest Additions/Guest Control

What happened?

Mouse cursor is not properly positioned, when virtual monitors have different system high DPI scaling in Linux Wayland guests

How can we reproduce this?

Conditions on the video
Host: Windows 11
Guest: CachyOS/Ubuntu, KDE/Gnome, Wayland
Host scaling: 150%
Virtual box scaling: 100% for both virtual monitors
Virtual box guest scaling: 150% for Virtual Monitor 1 and 100% for Virtual Monitor 2.
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  1. changed the title [-][Bug]: Mouse cursor is not properly positioned in guest, when enabling second monitor on high DPI on host[/-] [+][Bug]: Mouse cursor is not properly positioned in guest, when guest virtual monitors have different system high DPI scaling[/+] on Oct 29, 2026
  2. changed the title [-][Bug]: Mouse cursor is not properly positioned in guest, when guest virtual monitors have different system high DPI scaling[/-] [+][Bug]: Mouse cursor is not properly positioned, when virtual monitors have different system high DPI scaling in Linux Wayland guests[/+] on Oct 29, 2026
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