None of the workarounds mentioned here or in the direct links worked for me. However the script in this thread:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1006547#1006547 did give me a workaround. I didn't put it in a cron job like the author suggested, but just made a panel shortcut. -- 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