xdotool mousemove won't work on ubuntu vmware vm

Question

I installed xdotool on ubuntu 15.10 on a vmware fusion vm on a mac. I tried running the following commands in the terminal.

>xdotool
returns the list of commands.

>xdotool mousemove 200 200 
does not move the mouse, it should move it.

>xdotool type hello 
does work and types hello

Is there something wrong with my mousemove command or some reason it will not work in the terminal or in a vm.

Answer 1

This may be the answer Edit the .vmx file in virtual machine directory and add the line:

vmmouse.present = "FALSE"

This may works for you

Answer 2

This MAY be an answer : On an host Linux Mint 17 / guest in Linux Mint 18.1, the mouse doesn't seems to move (visualy, the mouse pointer doesn't move). But if you add a "xdotool click 1", you'll see the click is on the correct mouse position.