Running windows 7 host, with a 13.10 ubuntu64bit guest. The side buttons on the mouse (back\forward) works perfect in guest and host.
( Have set this options in vmx file;
mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE"
usb.generic.allowHID ="TRUE"
mouse.vusb.useBasicMouse = "FALSE" )
However, trying to move from windows host to a Ubuntu 13.10 64bit host, and the mouse works perfect on the host, but not inside the ubuntu 13.10 64bit guest.
Have also tested the gaming mice option (with ubuntu host) under perferences, and had to set it to always off for avoiding even buggier behavior.
I set the vusb analyzer on and uploaded the logs to dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z69qx8uzdixj9zu/vmware_ubuntu_13.10_64bit_host.log.gz
https://www.dropbox.com/s/d80i95nahuwrq3s/vmware_windows_host.log.gz
With ubuntu host i also did a 'sudo cat /dev/input/mouseX' in the guest os and it seemed like nothing was produced when the not working buttons was pressed.
Guests xinput reported http://paste.ubuntu.com/7216769/
The latest vmware tools was installed in guest.
Host Xorg log:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jd0jnmvr6skefl6/X.org_log_ubuntu_13.10_64bit_host.log.gz
Guest Xorg log: