Open System -> Settings -> Keyboard and select layout tab. If you find more than one layout defined, delete them leaving only one that suits your keyboard. After that, check the right most check box that are labeled 'default'.
This resolves the issue at least in my environment (8.04 AMD64 Japanese). Hope it helps. -- 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