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 > reaction of VMware guys upon willdeans support ticket in > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/195982/comments/155 > > Will, any update on your request yet? > > Bye, Thommie > > -- > Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Linux Kernel: Invalid > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: New > Status in "xorg" source package in Ubuntu: Triaged > Status in Gentoo Linux: New > > Bug description: > 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 sessions I have open respond correctly. > So I have the condition where all non-vmware applications in Ubuntu Hardy > (all updates applied as of 2008-02-26 at 12:43 UTC) fail to recognize the > shift key BUT applications within an active (a paused/restarted session also > works) VMWare sessions running DO recognize the key. > > When this condition occurs ALL applications (except those within a VMWare > session) are also unstable and will usually crash within a few keystrokes.If > I continue to operate in this mode. I cannot pinpoint what, if any, > application triggers this. It has always happened while working within > terminal/browser/vmware sessions and NOT when opening a new application. It > could be related to the KVM switch, but none of my other systems (2 > Mandriva, 1 Windows) are affected by this. > > This bug has been present on my system for a number of days across daily > updates and reboots (if the update requested it) and I think since I > installed Hardy Alpha 1. > > A work around: log off and back on. A reboot/restart does not appear to be > needed. > > Error logs show some unusual activity. > > --- MARK ---- > ... > ... kernel ... rtc lost 7 interrupts ... > --- MARK --- > .... > > Plus some segfaults indicating which application crashed as I tried to type > into it (mouse works fine). > > System: HP dv9743cl (which otherwise works lovely) > Ubuntu: Hardy 8.04 (from lsb-release) > > ---- > TEST CASE: > 1. Click inside the VM and > > 2. Hold any of the Ctrl, Alt and/or shift keys while releasing the > keyboard/mouse to the host OS (which you obviously do when you press > Crtl-Alt to revert back to windowed mode, as the cursor is then released > from the VM). > > WORKAROUND: > After this happens to recover your keyboard execute 'setxkbmap' in a > terminal >
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