I'm almost sorry to add yet-another comment to this evil bug page.. :) The GTK sub-problem (gtk apps crash on a key press) was fixed in svn few days ago.
Relevant links: 1. GTK bugzilla: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=508751 2. GTK diff: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gtk%2B/trunk/gdk/x11/gdkkeys-x11.c?r1=19579&r2=20413 3. Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/180626 -- 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 member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs