[aklug] Re: intersting vmware behavior

From: Leif Sawyer <lsawyer@gci.com>
Date: Fri Feb 20 2009 - 08:23:10 AKST

> Greg Madden wrote:
> > This issue has hit me, I use Vmware WS 5.5.4, Linux host, various=20
> > guests including Windows & Linux.
> >
> > After a certain sequence of operations in a vm the modifyer keys on=20
> > the keyboard, in the host os, stop working, no caps lock...=20
> > etc. The keys still work in the guest. AFAIKT switching the vm to=20
> > full screen mode does this here, I have read references to a=20
> > combination of mouse activity and keystrokes will do this.

FWIW, this is fixed in VM WS 6.x (at least, I haven't run into it since
upgrading)

Or you could migrate your VM's to VirtualBox, depending on
requirements/issues.

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