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Few days ago I have upgraded my Ubuntu to latest 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and found that keyboard just doesn’t work in VMware Server Console. The problem was that I couldn’t use keyboard under guest operating system including Windows, Linux etc. After few hours of research I found simple solution which works for me:
$ setxkbmap
$ echo "xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true" >> ~/.vmware/config
After this restart vmware-server-console and see if it helps. If not you can see other solutions of the same problem at this site:
http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-effect.html
I hope it helps!
P.S. Here are vmware-server-console’s libs I use:
artemn@artemn-laptop:~$ ls -la /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib total 172 drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libart_lgpl_2.so.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libatk-1.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libatkmm-1.6.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libcrypto.so.0.9.7 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libexpat.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libfontconfig.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libfreetype.so.6 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgcc_s.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgdkmm-2.4.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libglade-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libglib-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libglibmm-2.4.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libglibmm_generate_extra_defs-2.4.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgmodule-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgnomecanvas-2.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgnomecanvasmm-2.6.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgobject-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgthread-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgtkmm-2.4.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpango-1.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpangomm-1.4.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpangox-1.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpangoxft-1.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libpng12.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 librsvg-2.so.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libsexymm.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libsexy.so.1 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libsigc-2.0.so.0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libssl.so.0.9.7 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libstdc++.so.5 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libview.so.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libXft.so.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libxml2.so.2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-12-24 12:56 libXrender.so.1 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 10173 2008-12-24 12:56 wrapper-gtk24.sh
I also have a fix for problems with VMware:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
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Ha-ha, skinnypuppyx!
Where I can do this command? in the linux vmware server or in my pc client ?
Hi 0disse0,
Those commands should be entered at client PC where you start vmware-server-console. In my case it’s laptop with Ubuntu
Hi
Thanks!
did the trick!
Thank you, i had problem with the arrow and Delete keys since v.1.0.5 of VMware, but thanks to your simple hint it is now solved.
My present version of VMWare server is v.2 and your hint works great.
Thanks
That worked!
I did this on my Ubuntu 10.0 workstations and servers the problems that I was having with the keyboard mapping were resolved.
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
setxkbmap
echo “xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true” >> ~/.vmware/config
thank you for your solution. works perfectly for me as well in 8.10.
and to Tinhorn:
the “sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose” was a joke. that installs another virtualization product called virtualbox
i like virtualbox but for a production environment, i am going to stick with vmware.
thank for the tip!
worked, you are dreamy
thanks
Sorry, it seems it only works with English keyboard layout.
If you have a LatinAmerica keyboard layout, some keys do not even work.
I have tried everything, with no luck.
Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit, VMWare Server 2.0.0 for Linux, Build 122956 64 bit
VMs: Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, other Linux distos..
Mike
Thanks, worked for me on Ubuntu 8.10
Very-very thanks for this post. It works with Hungarian keyboard layout on Gentoo host with Win2k3 guests.
works like a charm also with debian sid & vmware server 1.8!
Tnx!
Cool tip!
Thanks it work for me!!!!
Hi, thanks for the hint.
What about the settings when using the remote console as a firefox plugin? I can’t seem to get that to work correctly.
Thanks, worked awesome in 9.04
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Thanks! This solved my problem with Ubuntu 9.10 x86_64 host, Firefox 3.5.9, and Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 host.