[aklug] Re: intersting vmware behavior

On Thursday 19 February 2009, Greg Madden wrote:
> This issue has hit me, I use Vmware WS 5.5.4, Linux host, various
> guests including Windows & Linux.
>
> After a certain sequence of operations in a vm the modifyer keys on the
> keyboard, in the host os, stop working, no caps lock... etc. The keys
> still work in the guest. AFAIKT switching the vm to full screen mode
> does this here, I have read references to a combination of mouse
> activity and keystrokes will do this.
>
> Good news bad news :-), The good, I learned what xmodmap and setxkbmap
> are doing on my box,they have been hanging around for years without my
> noticing. The bad is I need to run 'setxkbmap' after a full screen vm
> session to get a fully functional keyboard. Using 'xmodmap' , before
> and after this issue, shows all the keyboard modifyers being erased,
> then restored by setxkbmap.

Update, it seems it is not 'just' full screen mode that erases keyboard
settings in the host. It is using "ctl+alt+return' . In Vmwares toolbar,
using the drop down menu "view" and selecting 'Full Screen' does no harm.

-- 
Peace
Greg Madden
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