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
corrupt
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 wa
@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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Title:
Shift key (and
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 ext
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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Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix
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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 (0x6
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 key
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/ .
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