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 keysym
4. After this, swinging the mouse over a virtual machine's desktop triggers the
issue.
5. Running setxkbmap in terminal is a good workaround
I finally remembered that I changed the keyboard layout with this
modification (thanks to this comment:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-
config/+bug/195982/comments/226) I had this for a few days but this
issue was really a pain.
Hope you can solve it on Ubuntu side
Cheers,
Adam
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982
Title:
Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare
Status in The Linux Kernel:
Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in Gentoo Linux:
New
Bug description:
[Problem]
VMWare's keyboard mapping is imperfect, sometimes resulting in certain keys
stopping functionality when running under VMWare, requiring the user to setup
their configuration settings manually in VMWare. For a detailed explanation
see the following article:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_devices_keymap_linux_longer.html
[Original Report]
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.
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... kernel ... rtc lost 7 interrupts ...
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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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