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
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