Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation
On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:46:55 +0800 Mike Mazur mma...@gmail.com wrote: But since you're seeing this issue too with existing VMs, perhaps it's related to the recent Xorg upgrade? I guess, yes. Happened like this for me too. Found the same fix. -- |\ /|| | ~ ~ | \/ ||---| `|` ? ||ichael | |iggins\^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org
[gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation
I have been using VMware workstation V. 5.5.9 and a Logitech wireless keyboard for some time. Today I somehow mistyped a Ctrl-something sequence while in the VM window, meaning to enter it elsewhere instead of the VM. Now, the cursor keys between the main keys and the keypad have stopped working correctly. Most do nothing, but the down arrow key causes Windows to raise the Start menu, as if I had pressed the windows key near left-alt. The cursor movement keys on the keypad still work, with numlock off. I have tried restarting windows, restarting VMware workstation, restarting the X (KDE) session, and rebooting the computer. The only thing I haven't done is a complete power off/on. All cursor keys work fine in non-VMware applications, so I suspect VMware and/or Windows, but I've been wrong blaming MS or VM before, so.. Does anyone have a clue what might be wrong, and how to fix this? Thanks, -- Jim signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
RE: [gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation
I have been using VMware workstation V. 5.5.9 and a Logitech wireless keyboard for some time. Today I somehow mistyped a Ctrl-something sequence while in the VM window, meaning to enter it elsewhere instead of the VM. Now, the cursor keys between the main keys and the keypad have stopped working correctly. Most do nothing, but the down arrow key causes Windows to raise the Start menu, as if I had pressed the windows key near left-alt. The cursor movement keys on the keypad still work, with numlock off. I have tried restarting windows, restarting VMware workstation, restarting the X (KDE) session, and rebooting the computer. The only thing I haven't done is a complete power off/on. All cursor keys work fine in non-VMware applications, so I suspect VMware and/or Windows, but I've been wrong blaming MS or VM before, so.. Interesting - the same thing happened to me a couple of days ago. I tried a second Windows guest and it had the same problem, so it appears to affect all guest OSes. FWIW I'm running 2.6.28-r5, xorg 1.5.3 with latest stable vmware server (1.0.8?).
Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Jim Cunning jcunn...@cunning.ods.org wrote: I have been using VMware workstation V. 5.5.9 and a Logitech wireless keyboard for some time. Today I somehow mistyped a Ctrl-something sequence while in the VM window, meaning to enter it elsewhere instead of the VM. Now, the cursor keys between the main keys and the keypad have stopped working correctly. Most do nothing, but the down arrow key causes Windows to raise the Start menu, as if I had pressed the windows key near left-alt. I wonder if you accidentally enabled mouse keys? alt-leftshift-numlock
Re: [gentoo-user] Cursor keys stopped working in VMware workstation
Hi, On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:35 AM, Jim Cunning jcunn...@cunning.ods.org wrote: I have been using VMware workstation V. 5.5.9 and a Logitech wireless keyboard for some time. Today I somehow mistyped a Ctrl-something sequence while in the VM window, meaning to enter it elsewhere instead of the VM. Now, the cursor keys between the main keys and the keypad have stopped working correctly. Most do nothing, but the down arrow key causes Windows to raise the Start menu, as if I had pressed the windows key near left-alt. I have also experienced this recently when I installed new VMs. I did some research and found a post on the vmware forums[1]. The solution for me was to add this line to /etc/vmware-server-console/config: xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true I thought my issue was related to the fact that I'm using vmware-server-console on my 32-bit Gentoo laptop and trying to send commands to a 64-bit CentOS VM running on a 64-bit CentOS host on my LAN. But since you're seeing this issue too with existing VMs, perhaps it's related to the recent Xorg upgrade? HTH, Mike [1] http://communities.vmware.com/thread/177321
