Ok, so I went back and re-read some of the most recent comments here -
especially #226 and #229.
This is what works for me:
$ alias vmware="xmodmap -e 'remove control = Caps_Lock ' &&
/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmplayer"
If I start vmware with this alias, the keyboard on the host does not get
Wow, I did not expect this bug from 2008 to resurface in 2021!
To quote myself in 2008:
> As I'm using the free version of vmware, I can live with it until:
> 1. They fix it
> 2. VirtualBox becomes stable enough to use
#2 happened many *many* years ago, so I can no longer test this issue,
that
@Gary: Please submit a new bug report. You won't call anyone's attention
by a comment on this old closed one.
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Shift key (and caps lock)
Ok I see this issue is closed as its quite old. Is this particular
issue tracked somewhere else?
I just upgraded my Ubuntu 16.04 system to Ubuntu 18.04.5 and this issue
still exists for me.
what I'd like to be able to do is:
1. configure my keyboard on the host laptop to map "Caps Lock as an
Closing this bug with Won't fix as this kernel is no longer supported.
Please feel free to open a new bug report if you're still experiencing this on
a newer release (Bionic 18.04.3 / Disco 19.04)
Thanks!
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For me, it turned out that the Caps Lock as an extra control key was
the culprit. xmodmap was
xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lockCaps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Caps_Lock (0x42), Control_R
Hi everyone,
The issue seems to be reproducible the following way:
0. I am on Ubuntu 12.04.4
1. Install VMWare Player 6.0.2 or 6.0.3
2. Run a VM
3. Go To System settings in Host Ubuntu - Keyboard Layout / Options /Caps Lock
behavior -
Make Caps Lock an additional Control but keep Caps_Lock
robb, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any
activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If
so, could you please test for this with the latest development release
of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com
/daily-live/current/
fwiw, I just ran into the fubar keyboard problem with vmplayer 5.0.1 in
Ubuntu 12.10, but found a workaround. Every single time that my mouse
went into the vmplayer window, vmplayer trashed all the modifier keys so
that CTRL, SHIFT, ALT all stopped working. xmodmap showed:
shift
lock
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To manage
I still have the fubar keyboard problem when switching between my host
(64bit Kubuntu Natty 11.04) and guest (32bit Microcrap Windoze 7) via
VMWare Workstation 7.1.5.
Sometimes the Ctrl key stops responding, sometimes Alt-Tab stops
responding. I have not noticed if both are broken at the same
I have no problem with Shift or Alt, but with Ctrl, everytime when I leave the
vmware player on natty (Kubuntu, no Unity or the like here).
(I am using the Neo keyboard layout, so I have no CapsLock key to test.)
Unfortunately, this bugreport seems to be a big mess:
* People having problems with
This happens for me on Maverick with Vmware Workstation 7.1.4
build-385536. Sometimes, I don't notice it's a problem (say, I'm working
in the VM where the keys still work fine), I go away for a while, the
screensaver activates and I find I'm unable to enter my password. I have
to kill
The behavior I saw before shift, ctrl stopped working was that all
keyboard events and the mouse state were captured. The mouse moved, but
stayed as the guest OS's mouse icon (vs Kubuntu's). I could not get to
a local console and had to remotely kill the vmplayer process to get
back any control.
Hi,
The exact same thing happens to me on a clean beta Natty with only
Vmware Player (version 3.1.4 build-385536) installed on top of that. It
is not persistent and I have not yet figured out what triggers it.
As told above, running 'setxkbmap' gets all the keys working again.
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same problem on ubuntu 10.10 with VMware Player 3.1.2 build-301548
my host is ubuntu 10.10 x64
my vm is ubuntu 10.04 x86
on a forum i found this solution, that work on my computer
just create an executable file with this content (and run the magic
command if you loose ctrl or other keys ...
Hello,
I have the same problem.
I am using Ubuntu 10.04
VMware player 3.0.1 build-227600
I have had the problem now twice, so I cannot say much about the regularity.
setxkbmap works.
I am using this configuration for several months. The problem with non-working
SHIFT, CTRL and ALT keys occurred
Hello,
In addition to my previous remarks (#218):
I had another occurrence. Just before, my Virtual PC crashed. It had some
message, but that disappeared before I could read it.
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I don't know if this is the same issue that everyone else has had, but I
know this has happened to me on multiple systems: My CTRL and ALT keys
lock and are on constantly. When I press 'F', the computer acts as if
I'm pressing CTRL + 'F'. If anyone else has had this problem, try the
following:
Getting this behavior in 64-bit Mint 8 (built on Ubuntu Karmic Koala)
running VMWare Server 2. As with others, setxkbmap works as a
workaround, and the behavior doesn't affect the guests, just the host.
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I can confirm post 214 (Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 and VMware Workstation 7.0).
Executing setxkbmap still works as a workaround.
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I have those already in the script and thus this is not fixing that issue with
me. (Ubuntu 9.04)
I updated to VMware Workstation 7, so I might need to remove them, will check
this out and comment my findings.
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I switched pretty luckily to karmic/9.10 and hoped some of the previous
issues will be gone...
This issue also affects now 9.10/karmic...
How can I help to find the bug?
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I have two Ubuntu machines, one is running 8.04 LTS 64bit Server edition
and the other is 9.04 64bit Desktop edition.
I have installed VMware Server on the 8.04 server and I am accessing it
with Firefox via HTTPS.
I have the problem being discussed here and running setxkbmap restores
my keyboard
Hi robb-canfield,
Please be sure to confirm this issue exists with the latest development
release of Ubuntu. ISO CD images are available from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . Please then run following command
from a Terminal (Applications-Accessories-Terminal). It will
automatically
Hello I can also report this issue. I have 2-3 times a week the issue.
Additionally enough my passwords must have special chars, so I am often
lost, if my screensaver locks...
I am running jaunty 32 bit with latest updates. VMware 6.5.2. I tried both the
generic kernel and the server kernel.
In
I can also reproduce this bug. I'm running Win XP Professional on my
Ubuntu Jaunty box (latest all updates). The version of Vmware
Workstation I am using is 6.5.0 build-118166. I have VMTools installed.
I have xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true in my ~/.vmware/config because
otherwise my keymap wouldn't
I can reproduce the bug on a fresh install of Kubuntu Jaunty (latest, all
updates). Happens nearly always when I have a VmWare virtual machine running
and perform some action in it, but not if it's running in the background, i.e.
no focus and no mouse action in it. Running VmWare Server 2.0.0
The bug happened to me as well on Jaunty which I have upgraded today.
The setxkbmap worked fine for me.
This happened on a 64bits operating system, VMware workstation 6.5.0,
and it had never occured to me on intrepid. After using the setxkbmap
command, switching back and forth with the guest and
I finally switched to Virtual Box a week ago (after having used VMware
products for about 10 years!). VMware was great for a long time, but I
had simply too much different stability problems during the last year
(keyboard, network, X). Virtual Box certainly is no perfect product, but
at least for
Hi,
this problem persists in 9.04 jaunty beta with all updates installed. but
setxkbmap does work for me to work around the issue. but as it occurs ever time
I'm in the vmware console (I run vmware server 2.01) it's very very very
annoying. are there other ways to resolve this issue?
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Hi,
The VMWare keybord vs Linux (Ubuntu only?) issue continues. In 8.10 the
after effects of using VMWare Desktop in Ubuntu where easily solved by
executing the setxkbmap after switching back to the host.
But... in Ubuntu 8.10 it have turned to the worse. Now the setxkbmap
doesn't have any
Made a typo in the second sentence. Should be 8.04, not 8.10!
==
Hi,
The VMWare keybord vs Linux (Ubuntu only?) issue continues. In 8.04, the
after effects of using VMWare Desktop in Ubuntu where easily solved by
executing the setxkbmap after switching
Hi all,
I do have same issue on an acer Laptop with ATI graphic card and VMware
Server 1.0.8 build-126538 on Ubuntu 8.04.
Keyboard is working some time in both environments (vmware session eqaul
with OS is booted and Ubuntu Host). Whatever happend after some time
keyboard and ctrl/alt /shift
I have never seen this bug before, but all of a sudden it has surfaced
consistently with Jaunty. The workaround of running
setxkbmap
in a terminal window does correct the lack of modifier keys.
VMware Workstation 6.5. Interestingly, I have never seen this with
Fedora 9, Fedora 10, Gutsy,
As per comment #191, this isn't an xkeyboard-config bug, so canceling
that task.
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Status: Triaged = Invalid
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Hi there,
I had the same problem: shift key suddenly stopped working, after having played
around with cubes in Compiz. I turned off the
System/Preferences/Appearance/Visual effects to none, and shift key magically
came back. Don't ask me why, but now, I won't show off with Compiz anymore (or
Philippe you are correct.
Here is the solution:
Open Compiz Settings Manager, open General Options, open Commands tab.
Open Key Bindings and disable F19 key on Run command 0.
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Great job, Dejan!
Now I can show off with Compiz AND use the shift key
;-)
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hi all,
you will not see big letters in my comment because of the shift problem.
i am using intrepid as host which is updated to kernel 2.6.27-8-generic, vmware
is version 2.0.
before i even start any of the vm machines, i have problem with the keyboard.
yes, vmware service is started.
in
** Description changed:
- After a day or so of running the shift key mysteriously stops working as
- does the cap lock. In other words I cannot enter shifted characters of
- any kind. The keyboard is connected to a KVM and all other systems
- respond to it properly. In additional any VMWare
This seems to be a VMWare bug, caused by its inability to properly read
(or keep) the keymappings. The following workaround apparently addresses
all of the issues raised above:
http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-
effect.html
IME, it does at least address the issues
I upgraded to the latest version of VMWare (6.5) and have not had this
problem for a week. Used to be several times a day.
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Sachin wrote on 2008-10-16:
1. Could not hit Ctrl+Alt+Del...
2. Arrow Keys, Insert, Home, Page Up, Page Down, Delete, End dont work...
This is probably unrelated to the bug discussed here. See
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/177010
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Sounding like this isn't an xorg bug really, but bumping it over to the
keyboard bug queue so someone can review more carefully.
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Sourcepackagename: xorg = xkeyboard-config
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As of 20081024, with all Hardy Heron updates, this loss of copy/paste
type keys is still happening.
It seems to happen for me, almost regularly, when switching back from a
VMWare XP guest to the ubuntu host.
Switching keyboard preferences - e.g. to a new keyboard layout - returns
copy/page type
I found strength behavior - someone could call it trick. If you press
ALT, keep it pressed, press SHIFT and release ALT [while still keeping
SHIFT pressed], I`m able to write symbols and capitals with SHIFT... =D
keep fighting...
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I think I am facing a similar problem.
Host: Ubuntu
Guest: Win XP
I had Ubuntu 8.0.4 and VMWare 1.X. Upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 and VMWare 2.0 and
started facing issues.
1. Could not hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to login to Win XP. As soon as I hit the 3 keys
it 'releases' control from the guest to the host.
Updating to VMWare Workstation 6.5 seems to fix this problem for Debian
Lenny.
Debian Lenny (fully updated: 25.09.2008)
VMWare Workstation 6.5.0 build-118166
NVidia proprietary drivers (173.14.09-5+2.6.26.5)
2.6.26.5 custom-built Kernel
Guest OS - Windows XP Pro SP3 (with VMWare Tools)
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I can confirm Adam Simpkins' assessment of the situation in comment 151.
VMWare is definitely clearing the keyboard map upon focus and failing to
reset it if you can move the mouse out of the window with CTRL held
down. I can reproduce this 100% of the time.
Ubuntu 8.04.1 (fully updated)
VMWare
When evaluating the 2.6.26 kernel proposed for Intrepid, I found that my
experience of the bug (keyboard LEDs desynchronized from Caps/NumLock
state) changed somewhat:
Within vmplayer: the LEDs do not toggle with the VM's state, but
Natively: When returning focus to the native environment the
To all suffering from this issue...
It would seem that it is harder to track down what causes this issue. I did
some googling and found it to cross distros, so perhaps its a kernel problem?
A problem with vmware tools? Vmware itself?
Ok, so all said and done I just want to be able to use my
Oh blast I am a retard, that whole post was not supposed to go on this
website as you already have the answer here. I have too many windows
open sorry for repost of info.
Oh well, I'll link back to this bug from the other forum I was posting
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A note that for me it seems to happen when focus is grabbed by another
process... For example, while I am typing in my VM, aMSN pops up and
minimizes a chat window, stealing focus for a moment. Or if I am
holding a key while I change my focus. Its really hard to replicate but
I am getting closer
I had the same thing happen again -- and couldn't find the reference
to Shift-F19 at first. I'm guessing this issue isn't necessarily with
VMWare (since I don't have that) but with keyboard remapping. I had
re-installed compiz after building it fresh for other reasons, and
forgot that it may have
Thanks for pointing out the workaround with setxkbmap. This works for
me, too. In the past I was used to reboot the machine for this (could
not pinpoint the issue).
I'm using the current Ubuntu Hardy and the problem is still there
(VMware Workstation 6.0.4 with Windows guests)
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If the setxkbmap workaround works, you can use a script like the one below for
convenience, run it
in the background while running vmware.
It works for me, and although the script resets the keymap even when the VM is
active,
I have not noticed any side-effects in the virtual machines.
I regularly use two different Ubuntu Hardy machines -- one at home, and
one at work. I've had this same problem off and on for the last month
or two on my work machine, but never on my home machine.
Similarities:
- both are desktops with NVidia graphics cards
- both use the proprietary NVidia
The Ubuntu Kernel Team is planning to move to the 2.6.27 kernel for the
upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. As a result, the kernel team would
appreciate it if you could please test this newer 2.6.27 Ubuntu kernel.
There are one of two ways you should be able to test:
1) If you are comfortable
FWIW, I had thought that this was due to my keyboard mistakes, e.g.
pressing Ctrl+Space instead of Ctrl+Alt, and so I disabled the SCIM
triggers as follows:
System-Preferences-SCIM Input Method Setup
-FrontEnd-Global Setup
-Trigger (delete Ctrl+Space)
-Next Input Method (del
Greetings,
I would like this problem fixed. How about you?
a) Does VMWare have a physical office in Manhattan by chance? How about
near Fort Lauderdale, FL?
b) Does anyone know the e-mail address or name and physical location of a
VMWare software developer?
c) Will anyone physically join me
Just wanted to add to my previous posting...
If it turns out to be an issue with the newer x.org v7.3, that may be
somewhat different from the v7.2, I'll would anyhow consider the whole
problem as a VMWare problem that has to be fixed by the VMWare team. If
VMWare isn't fully compatible with
I remember having this problem even with Dapper, that's so long time ago
I can't even remember the version number... I have no idea what x.org
version I used back then, but surely it can't have been v.7.3?
At that time, as I didn't manage to solve it and didn't really need
VMWare, I just stopped
Here's a workaround that I haven't heard mentioned yet. I'm using
VMWare workstation to run winxp on ubuntu 8.04. I had the same problems
described in this email when running the vmware session in full screen
mode. The setxkbmap worked for me, but was a annoying to have to
repeatedly apply.
Just for info:
I see the same behaviour on a Opensuse 11 host running VMware workstation 6.04
with a freshly installed Win XP guest.. Would be interesting to see the
reaction of VMware guys upon willdeans support ticket in
VMWARE said Ubuntu 8.04 isn't supported and refused to look at the
issue.
On 8/24/08, Thommie Rother [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just for info:
I see the same behaviour on a Opensuse 11 host running VMware workstation
6.04 with a freshly installed Win XP guest.. Would be interesting to see the
Yeh, which would be valid if only people with Ubuntu 8.04 were
experiencing this issue, which is not the case since I've been seeing
reports of this issue from people running all different types of Linux
distros. If they are not prepared to investigate what is causing this
issue then they might
A pretty simple (lazy) answer from VMware, I think ... They will have to
solve that issue anyway. This is the list of officially supported host
systems for Ubuntu and Suse (source:
http://pubs.vmware.com/ws6_ace2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm):
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Yeh, I actually just put in an official support request with VMWare
since my 30 days of complimentary support should still be valid at this
point. We'll see what they say...
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Oh, and just to point out that Andrés P. Ferrando posted above that he
is using OpenSUSE 10.2 (which is on the list of supported distros) and
is also experiencing this issue. This is definitely not related to one
specific distro.
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As I pointed out far earlier in this bug discussion...
I didn't have any issues with Gutsy 7.10 running on x.org 7.2, before
upgrading to Hardy 8.04 which is running x.org 7.3 version. I believe
that users still running Gutsy and downloaded x.org updates to 7.3 faces
the same problems as as Hardy
I have been experiencing this on a regular basis with VMWare Workstation
6.0.4 build-93057. I am running an AMD Phenom 9850+ BE with the 64bit
version of Kubuntu. My kernel version is 2.6.24-19 I am running KDE4
and I am using the Nvidia Xorg driver. I'm glad that the setxkbmap
workaround was
Oh, and just to add, my keyboard is attached to a KVM as well, not sure
if that's part of the cause.
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I haven't looked at that mapping yet, but FWIW, function keys go up to
F19 on recent Mac keyboards.
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Just adding a brief comment -- I had this issue occur, and resolved it
(apparently, and once-only so far) by using gconf-editor to removing the
keyboard mapping of Shift-F19. F19? Sounds like a grep may find a typo?
I didn't see F19 mentioned in the comments above yet, so I hope it
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I have the last updates of my Ubuntu 8.04. kernel: 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Fri
Jul 11 23:41:49 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
And VMware Workstation 6.0.4 build-93057 with XP virtual PC in it.
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Greetings to all,
Me too facing the same issue. Tired of logging off and logging on.
Somehow, got Vmware working in 2.6.26-5 kernel today. But looks like the
frequency of the issues increased after this. Earlier it was once or
twice in a day. Now, every few mins this is happenning.
Regs,
This bug I saw in any version 6. of vmware workstation.
More important it does not care I use a language-independant (english only, NO
ANY multimedia buttons 104,105) or for instance french-language+multimedia
buttons like webbroweser, sound etc.
I think vmware team should post their
This bug is also present in vmware-server 2 RC1 (ie in the vmware-vmrc
console program).
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setxkbmap will probably work for you as well then.
An easier workaround for you would be to create a link on the desktop or
something that starts setxkbmap, or just run it from the console, like I do.
This makes it more bearable, but I have to emphasize that this is *not*
a fix, it's an ugly hack
Greetings,
I opened up an official vmware support ticket because having to use
setxkbmap constantly was really getting on my nerves and everyone else
seems to be having problems with this as well. We will see what they
say. If anyone has anything they think I should mention in particular
about
I installed Ubuntu 8.01 a few weeks ago. After installing VMWare Server,
I also experienced the above. I am running this on a Dell Precision M65
laptop (using the ATI drivers). The ONLY time I experience this issue is
when running VM, and shift, alt, ctrl all are disabled. In addition,
when I open
I am having this same issue and I'm about to start pulling my hair out.
This is the most annoying bug ever as I use VM continually throughout
the day and about 30-40 times I have to reset the keyboard to fix this
issue. I have a workaround that doesn't involve a reboot but still..
what a pain in
None of the workarounds mentioned here or in the direct links worked for
me. However the script in this thread:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1006547#1006547
did give me a workaround. I didn't put it in a cron job like the author
suggested, but just made a panel shortcut.
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I saw this problem recently on a system running a very old version of Debian
testing. It's running xserver-xorg 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 and VMware Workstation
5.5.6.
It looks like this is a problem with VMware, not with the X server or anything
else. VMware apparently clears all the modifier maps when
Sort of sounds similar to bug 196277; check upstream's explanation of
that issue and see if it makes sense for this one too. (Unfortunately
we're no where near a solution to that one.)
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In my view, I don't think they are very similar - 196277 is consistently
reproducible, relates to not being able to switch keyboard layouts using
the shortcut keys when autoboot is enabled, and doesn't say that the
shift/ctrl keys stop working completely.
On the other hand, this bug occcurs
At first the nthrb... work around didn't work for me but it seems to
be working after:
1) using xev and making sure each key is set correctly
2) making sure delete and backspace were defined
3) creating it as /etc/vmware/config with root permissions and symlinking it to
my ~/.vmware/ so vmware
For VMWare Server the workaround described at
http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-
effect.html should be applied to /usr/lib/vmware/config.
This worked for me by the way and fixes it. The setxkbmap trick did not
work. It did fix my SHIFT and CTRL meta's but it did
For VMWare Server the workaround described at
http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-effect.html
should be applied to /usr/lib/vmware/config.
This worked for me by the way and fixes it. The setxkbmap trick did not work.
It did fix my SHIFT and CTRL meta's but it did
I started getting this problem after upgrading to 8.04 LTS. I didn't get
it with 7.10.
I do use VMware and the nVidia proprietary drivers.
setxkbmap fixes it for me.
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For VMWare Server the workaround described at
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Just seen this today, been driving me nuts for a month or two. Just as
BassKozz, I have VM's (vmware server) that are running where correct
behaviour is observed, however, keyboard lights stop responding after
some period of time, an X reboot (gdm restart) solves it.
I cant apply the previous
i can confirm the bug on my hp 6710b running vmware workstation 6
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The Bug Description Says: After a day or so of running
For me it's more like a couple of hours or minutes depending on variables I've
yet to have figured out what the exact cause is.
Someone over on the VMware forums has posted a way to reproduce the problem
immediatly:
steps to reproduce:
** Also affects: gentoo
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982
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Unfortunately the suggestion from comment 133 does not make a difference.
As Brian observed above, there's no config file in ~/.vmware.
I tried both creating one and adding the content suggested and adding it to
/etc/vmware/config, none of which worked.
To the ones suggesting posting this
I too have this problem - but it only appeared after I added a Windows
XP guest to my Linux VMWare host (prior to that I only had a Linux guest
and it worked fine). Dunno if that helps.
I did try the solution suggested above
(http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-
I am having the same problem with the latest, as of posting, vmplayer
and a fully patched Fedora 9 with XP guest os.
Approaching the problem from a different angle:
If the belief here is that this is most likely a VMWare issue then please go to
the vmware forum and leave a message there as well.
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