Hi Scott. Command-G grabs the input quite nicely, but you also have to change some of the preferences in fusion. I had to uncheck the 'allow mac keyboard shortcuts' checkbox so I could alt-tab arround my windows apps.Then when you want to direct input to the virtual machine again and use mac keyboard commands you need to do a control-command combination. Also, I didn't manage to grab the caps lock either, but I was able to get around this by using sharp keys to remap my keyboard so I could get an insert modifier and swap the windows key and the alt key around etc. It modifies the registry.
Hope this helps. Cheers Thuy On 28/11/2007, Scott Chesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi David, > > Yep I've reinstalled the display driver already, but still no joy. even > downloaded an installer for just the video intercept from freedom scientific > that says its worked and then turns out to be lying. reinstall is looking > more and more likely. its times like these that make you appreciate how > cool it is that the instalation of tiger and leopard talk. > > Assuming I ever get this ironed out, did you have any luck getting fusion to > grab full keyboard control when you were still using it? I know about the > menu option for it, but some keys like capslock really don't seem to get > taken over, and thats gonna play havoc with most screen readers laptop > layouts isn't it. > > Scott > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:06 PM > Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > > > > you have to reinstall the display driver. When I tried this though, I > > kept > > getting a missing file error. I ended up reinstalling windows on the > > affected system though and now all is well. Come to think of it though, I > > was able to get my Macbook up and running. One of the reasons I won't do > > vmware anymore is that sometimes, I want to use boot camp and with jaws, > > it > > is not possible to have vmware and bootcamp propperly opperating on the > > same > > system. You have to use one or the other and from my experience, vmware > > ain't so hot anyway due to the jaws issues. Not only did I have video > > issues I also had authorization issues. I must use jaws for my work or > > I'd > > just pick up another talking box. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:38 PM > > Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > > > > > > ahhh, what a night, and what a pickle i find myself in! Not sure if all > > this fusion and bootcamp type stuff is off topic really, so if it is > > please > > let me know and feel free to reply off-list about it. > > > > Ok, so thanks to Thuy's tip, I managed to virtualise my bootcamp partition > > with fusion. It didn't seem to affect my native boot time, and booting > > under virtualisation only took a few more seconds. It hung everytime the > > startup sound played under virtualisation for some reason, but thats no > > biggy. This means that I'm either very lucky, or David's very unlucky I > > guess. Then the problem started. Jaws kicked up a fuss about having no > > video intercept installed under virtualisation. stupidly, i chose to > > install the intercept and restart, which worked perfectly, but now I can't > > for the life of me get it to see the video intercept when i boot the same > > partition using bootcamp. I've tried reinstalling the intercept, even > > reinstalling jaws and all the shared components. Seeing as this fusion > > thing was more of an experiment than anything, I even tried removing jaws > > and shared components whilst booted in virtualisation, removing vmware > > tools > > and reinstalling all the bootcamp drivers whilst booted native again just > > to > > be sure that things should be back to how they were before I started > > tinkering with fusion, and yet still no joy! > > > > Can anybody either shed some light, or lend me a hammer? > > > > Scott > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > > theblind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:14 PM > > Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > > > > > >> Scott, > >> > >> Windows will load slow no matter what system it is on it loads slower > >> though > >> as I said in fusion. In fusion, when you click the boot camp partition, > >> it > >> gets to the point where you think it's not even going to load. > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >> theblind" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 10:06 AM > >> Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > >> > >> > >> hi David, > >> > >> just to be totally sure we don't have wires crossed here, are you saying > >> that even if I take fusion out of the equation and reboot in to windows > >> its > >> still gonna take an age to load? Even when its not running under > >> virtualisation? Had to check for sure that you got what I meant with the > >> last question, because I don't even drink coffee, so you can imagine how > >> bad > >> the waiting would be! > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >> theblind" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:52 PM > >> Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > >> > >> > >>> same thing. once established, click the bootcamp partition and go have > >>> a > >>> cup of coffee. > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Scott Chesworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >>> theblind" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 8:42 AM > >>> Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > >>> > >>> > >>> hey david - do you mean it takes ages to load the partition as a virtual > >>> machine, or that windows takes ages to boot running native? just > >>> wondering > >>> because if its the latter, i might give the idea a miss. > >>> > >>> scott > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby > >>> theblind" <[email protected]> > >>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 4:07 PM > >>> Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > >>> > >>> > >>>> and when you launch the boot camp partition after that, it takes > >>>> forever > >>>> to > >>>> load. > >>>> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>> From: "Thuy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X > >>>> by > >>>> theblind" <[email protected]> > >>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 10:57 AM > >>>> Subject: Re: my fusion experiences: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hey Scott. That happened to me. What I discovered was that fusion > >>>> brings up an authentication window, but doesn't take the focus into > >>>> it. The best thing to do is to go into your home folder and remove the > >>>> partial virtual machine, and start again, letting fusion configure the > >>>> bootcamp partition. I think it's in your username/library/application > >>>> support/vmware/bootcamp. Don't worry, it will just recreate a new > >>>> virtual machine. Then when it gives you that message about > >>>> preparation, bring up the window chooser and you'll find an > >>>> authentication window. get into that window and authenticate, then > >>>> wait for fusion to do all its configuring. you might have to wait some > >>>> time to let it install vmware tools as well, then it might restart the > >>>> virtual machine. Hope this helps. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > >>>> > >>>> Thuy > >>>> > >>>> On 26/11/2007, Scott Chesworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> on the topic of fusion, has anybody successfully virtualised their > >>>>> bootcamp > >>>>> partition? > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm running fusion v1.1 here but whenever i try to virtualise my > >>>>> bootcamp > >>>>> partition, i run the bootcamp machine from the library in fusion, it > >>>>> tells > >>>>> me its preparing the partition for use, and then just sits there > >>>>> apparently > >>>>> doing nothing for hours until i force quit. Next time I try, I always > >>>>> get > >>>>> a > >>>>> message giving a path to the virtual machine its just tried to create > >>>>> and > >>>>> telling me its damaged. > >>>>> > >>>>> If anyones had more luck than me i'd love to know about it. it'd be > >>>>> handy > >>>>> not to always need to reboot, but idealy I still want to keep bootcamp > >>>>> there > >>>>> for situations where I need a bit better performance out of the mbp. > >>>>> > >>>>> Scott > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
