Yet another report, but I can reproduce it and have some interesting
observations.
HP Compaq nx6325 running Kubuntu Hardy (8.04) running KDE3
uname -a:
Linux 2.6.24-18-generic #1 SMP Wed May 28 19:28:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux
VMware Server 1.0.6 build-91891
xserver-xorg 1:7.3+10ubuntu10
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.4.1~git20080131-1ub
(by the way, you can get the above from the command "dpkg -l")
graphics card: ATI Radeon
driver: ati
Interestingly I also had the issue on this machine running Dapper and VMware
server a year ago, which I guess rules out xserver 7.3. It disappeared when I
stopped using VMWare. At that time I though it was triggered by excessive
memory usage, as I only had 1GB but now I have 3GB and only using just over 2.
I believe my old setup was VMware-server-1.0.5-80187 and Kubuntu Dapper (6.06?)
i386 (not AMD64). The old setup compiled perfectly, both vmware host and tools.
On my current setup I had to apply vmware-any-any-update117 to get the VMware
host to compile, and open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182 to get the VMware tools to
compile. I had the issue both before and after I got VMware tools properly
installed.
I also have the annoying keyboard auto-repeat issue (while typing in the
VM, sometimes (or, quite often actually) your keystrokes will be
repeated).
steps to reproduce:
NOTE: I have put a lot of time into reproducing exactly the steps needed. The
following is the bare minimum of what I need to do to reproduce it. Anything
else is irrelevant (in my case). For example, it works fine if I switch to full
screen without first clicking inside the VM.
- have a vm running
- switch to vmware
- move the mouse into and click inside the vm
- press ctrl-alt-enter to make it full screen
- press ctrl-alt to revert back to windowed mode
now the problem is there:
ctrl and caps/num/scroll lock does not work
the alt key, including alt-tab works, but when pressing alt-tab it does not
release the alt key, meaning i have to press any other key, or tab without alt,
to actually switch to another program. It's like I am till holding the alt key.
I do *not* however have the unstability issue. I can continue running anything
I want, so it's easy for me to test various proposed solutions.
Note: I can *not* reproduce it by holding the ctrl key while moving the mouse
from the guest to the host
both of these methods can be used as workaround, reverting the effect of the
issue:
- running setxkbmap
- running System Settings - Regional & Language - then selecting Enable
keyboard layouts and applying the changes (or if it's already enabled, disable
it - apply - then enable and apply)
Interesting things from /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
When it's working fine, I get this output from xmodmap:
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0x9c)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3
mod4 Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80)
mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
When it's buggy, I get this output:
xmodmap: up to 1 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift
lock
control
mod1
mod2
mod3
mod4
mod5
As I can easily reproduce it, anyone with ideas are encouraged to
suggest them, and I will try it to see it if will solve the issue.
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Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982
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