I have no config file in my ~/.vmware directory. Should create one
using the information from comment 133 or would I need more information
in it?
** Description changed:
After a day or so of running the shift key mysteriously stops working as
does the cap lock. In other words I cannot enter shifted characters of
any kind. The keyboard is connected to a KVM and all other systems
respond to it properly. In additional any VMWare sessions I have open
respond correctly. So I have the condition where all non-vmware
applications in Ubuntu Hardy (all updates applied as of 2008-02-26 at
12:43 UTC) fail to recognize the shift key BUT applications within an
active (a paused/restarted session also works) VMWare sessions running
DO recognize the key.
When this condition occurs ALL applications (except those within a
VMWare session) are also unstable and will usually crash within a few
keystrokes.If I continue to operate in this mode. I cannot pinpoint
what, if any, application triggers this. It has always happened while
working within terminal/browser/vmware sessions and NOT when opening a
new application. It could be related to the KVM switch, but none of my
other systems (2 Mandriva, 1 Windows) are affected by this.
This bug has been present on my system for a number of days across daily
updates and reboots (if the update requested it) and I think since I
installed Hardy Alpha 1.
A work around: log off and back on. A reboot/restart does not appear to
be needed.
Error logs show some unusual activity.
--- MARK ----
...
... kernel ... rtc lost 7 interrupts ...
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....
Plus some segfaults indicating which application crashed as I tried to
type into it (mouse works fine).
System: HP dv9743cl (which otherwise works lovely)
Ubuntu: Hardy 8.04 (from lsb-release)
+
+ ----
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. Click inside the VM and
+ 2. Hold any of the Ctrl, Alt and/or shift keys while releasing the
keyboard/mouse to the host OS (which you obviously do when you press Crtl-Alt
to revert back to windowed mode, as the cursor is then released from the VM).
+
+ WORKAROUND:
+ After this happens to recover your keyboard execute 'setxkbmap' in a terminal
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Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195982
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