VMware + Synergy = really odd effects

[destructchaos]

i'm running VMware on kubuntu feisty, using synergy as a KM switch with the server running on a windoze box and the feisty box in question running as a client. whenever i run XP inside of VMware, i have two main problems.

1) i loose the shift and control keys, i.e. can not use them. if i hold shift and try typing, nothing happens. same thing for crtl.

2) the mouse is really jumpy. i have to move it slowly to control it and even still it will randomly jump to a place on the screen that is far from where i was sending it.

additionally, when i first load up the VMware server, there is a notification in the status bar that, "You do not have VMware tools installed." despite having installed vmware-tools-kernel-modules. is there another package i need to install?

thanks for any help you can give.