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 different keys, * with or without(?) varying(?) virtualization solutions, * sometimes mentioning new HID hardware (applies to me, too [1]), * sometimes mentioning graphics drivers (closed-source NVidia for me, too), * with varying software and kernel versions, * and with different proposed workarounds (calling 'setxkbmap' being the most efficient one AFAICS). And for me, I can only say that I did not have this problem in the past, but I am not sure which of the many things that changed in the meantime caused this: * upgrading from Maverick to Natty * installing the new keyboard [1] * performing daily Ubuntu software updates * updating VMWare player * /not/ using Unity ;-) but KDE (half-jokingly, after all vmware-player has an "Enter Unity" menu entry) * using Ctrl-Alt to release the kbd grab The latter seems to be the most likely to me; in the past, I just moved the mouse to the top to reveal and focus the menubar and then used Ctrl-F2 to change the virtual desktop, but that does not work anymore. So I had to learn about Ctrl-Alt, but now I have the problem with Ctrl stopping to work. (It's always Ctrl, but never Alt, independent of the order in which I press or release the two.) [1] Got a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard recently. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982 Title: Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/195982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
