FS#9725 - Keyboard control keys stop functioning after using VMWare Workstaiton

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Friday, 29 February 2008, 19:21 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 13 June 2009, 09:16 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category
Status Closed
Assigned To Alexander Baldeck (kth5)
Alexander Fehr (pizzapunk)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
After using VMWare Workstation for a bit, the control keys (ctrl, alt, shift, capslock, etc) stop working. Requires a system reboot to get the functionality back.


Additional info:
-Don't Panic!
-VMWare Workstation 6 ANY ANY patched
-Latest updates all around

Steps to reproduce:
-Use VMWare for a bit
-Problem may not occur until after you quit VMWare
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Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Saturday, 13 June 2009, 09:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  None
Additional comments about closing:  No responses in +7 months. Please reopen if necessary.
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Saturday, 01 March 2008, 13:55 GMT
I am not the only user experiencing this. Here is the forum post about it: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44679
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 02 March 2008, 16:29 GMT
If this issue if it is in VMware itself - we cannot fix it,
if it's in kernel or udev - I have no idea where to search for a bug. :-/
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 02 March 2008, 16:31 GMT
Have you tried this: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=12223 ?
Anyway I suggest reporting the issue on AUR's page of vmware-workstation package.
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Sunday, 02 March 2008, 17:33 GMT
I used the any any patch. This was not the AUR package, this was built using just the VMWare.tar.gz stuff from VMWare. As it stands, I resorted to using VMWare Player for my stuff until WS6 works. I had WS5.5 working, but I can't test it really well as my vm's are for VMWare 6 and Fusion.
Comment by Joey Kelly (mmlj4) - Sunday, 02 March 2008, 18:20 GMT
I am having similar errors (repeating characters, scrolling and Alt-F* do not work) and do not run VMWare. Rebooting solves this, but replacing my keyboard did not.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Sunday, 02 March 2008, 18:26 GMT
Joey: works fine here,
if you are not sure this is the same issue - I suggest creating a separate *detailed* report.
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Monday, 03 March 2008, 05:23 GMT
I believe I have narrowed it down to a gnome thing. VMWare Player caused the same issues, however, the keys worked in side the vm, and simply logging in and out of gnome resolved it instead of rebooting.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Wednesday, 05 March 2008, 23:34 GMT
One user reported a slightly different issue, but also with keys not working, that also solved with rebooting,
I don't know if these issues are related and where the problem is, probably it's something xorg-related
Comment by Pepe (kerer) - Saturday, 08 March 2008, 19:34 GMT
I am having the same issue, if I start in a new X server with only vmware the behaviour is the correct
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 14:42 GMT
Ya, I was able to do the same (dual x servers). I ran the vm in the Awesome WM and it when it crashes, its that xserver that screws up and the xserv with out vmware running remains unaffected. I often run into a silent error when running it, I will post it when I get home tonight.
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Wednesday, 12 March 2008, 22:30 GMT
Heres the error in the background:
/usr/share/themes/Clearlooks/gtk-2.0/gtkrc:68: error: unexpected identifier `col

May or may not be related.
Comment by Greg (dolby) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 17:56 GMT
Is this still a problem?
Comment by Kevin Durst (zmttoxics) - Wednesday, 23 July 2008, 18:07 GMT
I am not sure. My linux workstation died and was replaced with a Mac. I have no way to test it at the moment. I can try on the weekend on a different computer possibly.
Comment by Jud (judfilm) - Friday, 05 December 2008, 12:23 GMT
Is this still a problem?

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