Vmware Workstation 6.5 On Ubuntu 8.10 Modifiers Keys Not Working

[PilotJLR]

WARNING: The 'xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true' configuration breaks the Unity feature!

As a solution... delete that line from whichever conf file you had modified, and instead add this:

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

Then restart the vmware service...


After making this change, your modifier keys should work, and Unity should as well.

I had previously made this one-line change, but only today realized that Unity was no longer working. I can't take credit for this info... reference here:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/180137

Hope this helps.

[johnswb]

After doing

echo 'xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true' > ~/.vmware/config

my arrow keys started working but now the "Unity" no longer works. The start menu shows up but I'm unable to open anything nor can I exit out of "Unity". I just get a blank screen when I bring the window up. Going to try PilotJLR suggestion.

[johnswb]

I give PilotJLR the any credit I have because I found yours first and it worked for me. thx

Now if I could only get compiz to work at the same time and not crash.

[Magneto]

Same problem here-- it's so frustrating! Also running (k)ubuntu 8.10 and VMWare Workstation 6.5. I happen to be on an Intel iMac. Have tried two different USB keyboards, an Apple Pro Keyboard and a generic Logitech 104-key.

I will see if I can get any traction with VMWare support and post back here if I learn anything.

UPDATE:
Found the workaround on the VMWare forums here:

You can also (sudo) edit the global config at /etc/vmware/config for the change to affect all users.

The fix worked fine for me.

Thanks for that.

[el_morsa]

Thanks for the helpful post! A few additions for spanish latin american keyboards:

xkeymap.keycode.20 = 0x00c # apostrophe
xkeymap.keycode.21 = 0x0d # questiondown
xkeymap.keycode.61 = 0x035 # minus
xkeymap.keycode.34 = 0x01a # dead_acute
xkeymap.keycode.35 = 0x01b # plus
xkeymap.keycode.99 = 0x137 # Print_Screen


Cheers!

[mie]

and this is for fixing the "Print Screen" key on my German keyboard, which is mapped to the "Del" key, add this to your vmware config file (tested for /etc/vmware/config):

xkeymap.keycode.107 = 0x137 # Print Scrn

see:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do...ux_longer.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do...map_vscan.html

[prkos]

thank you for the fix

echo 'xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true' > ~/.vmware/config

worked for me, although not for croatian characters

[prkos]

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

Then restart the vmware service...

I just tried this instead of the one line solution in ~/.vmware/config and all my croatian keys work! I wish I had tried this earlier...

[joeycbulk]

WARNING: The 'xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true' configuration breaks the Unity feature!

As a solution... delete that line from whichever conf file you had modified, and instead add this:

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

Then restart the vmware service...


After making this change, your modifier keys should work, and Unity should as well.

I had previously made this one-line change, but only today realized that Unity was no longer working. I can't take credit for this info... reference here:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/180137

Hope this helps.

Thanks! This worked for me

[geerm]

Same problem here-- it's so frustrating! Also running (k)ubuntu 8.10 and VMWare Workstation 6.5. I happen to be on an Intel iMac. Have tried two different USB keyboards, an Apple Pro Keyboard and a generic Logitech 104-key.

I will see if I can get any traction with VMWare support and post back here if I learn anything.

UPDATE:
Found the workaround on the VMWare forums here:

You can also (sudo) edit the global config at /etc/vmware/config for the change to affect all users.

The fix worked fine for me.

has anyone tried this on the vmware server/, i was having this problem, ran the command and i was prety hapy to be able to use the vm with all the keys.... but now the host machine modifiers are broken when vm is up. so that just switched the problem's location