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Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

vm_dude123 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:40:43 GMT

I recently upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 of Ubuntu. I was running Workstation 6.5 just fine on 8.04, but now on 8.10 some of the keymappings are screwed up.

For example, to get a "delete" key I need to hit my keyboard's "Print Screen" key. Everything is mapped just fine on the host....it somehow got screwed up in the guest (WInXP).

Any idea how to fix this or what happened?

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

darrenw — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:35:59 GMT

Same problem here. Here are the incorrect mappings I've found (windows key codes in parenthesis):

Right	Right Alt (0x12)
Up	Nothing
Down	Right Windows (0x5c)
Right	Pause (0x13)
Print Screen	Del (0x2e)
Insert	Nothing
Pause	Unknown (0xff)
Windows	Unknown (0xff)
R Alt	Enter (0xd)
R. Windos	Unknown (0xff)
Control	Pg. Dn (0x22)
Home	Pause
End	Windows (0x5b)
Delete	Nothing
Pg. Up	/ (0x6f)
Pg. Down	Menu (0x5d)
/	Ins (0x2d)
Enter	Down (0x28)

Please note that this is not the same problem as the host keys being lost - (of course it could be related)

VMWorkstation v6.5.0 build 118166 (x64)

VMPlayer v2.5.0 build 118166 (x64)

Ubuntu 8.10 desktop x64 (released today)

xorg v1.7.4

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

Noel — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:40:07 GMT

Did you not get the memo? Add:

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

to /etc/vmware/config.

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

vm_dude123 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:26:18 GMT

Noel -- thank you very much....worked like a charm.

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

jrglines — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:46:02 GMT

Yes, worked like a charm.

Thankyou!!!

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

chemical — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:58:14 GMT

Thanks! Works perfectly.

Anyway, what did you mean by "Did you not get the memo?" Which memo?

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

another_sam — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:35:15 GMT

tttttttthank you!

this bug is also issued in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+bug/289098

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

BrettBlackham — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:30:58 GMT

What is the xkeymap.keycode for print screen. (This fixed everything else)

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

Fabrice77 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:59:02 GMT

Hello,

I have the same problem with the printscr and ....

xkeymap.keycode.107 = 0x54 # PrintScr

now it is ok

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

Noel — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:12:25 GMT

what did you mean by "Did you not get the memo?" Which memo?

It was a joke. One of the VMware engineers had posted the same information a month or so earlier. This has been a bit of an FAQ item.

Not sure why people keep opening VMware-related defects on Launchpad, though, since no one supports VMware there.

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

joelukkelis — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:51:32 GMT

Hi.. I have Ubuntu 8.10 and vmware player 2.5.1 Bundle installed. I also have lost my @ sign first + many others. I get them back inserting those xkeymap strings into that config file. Now everything else is working but my keyboard is Finnish and my keyboard scandic buttons wont work (ä, ö). Also I found that some keys are wrong places. Is there any language related list of ALL XKEYMAP.KEYCODE values, or do I have to calculate them all with my self I really do not know what to do. Help Please..

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

jonttu — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:01:29 GMT

I'm also finnish and I'm struggling with the same issue. Arrow keys, del, ins etc are fine now, thanks to the "ALL XKEYMAP.KEYCODE" -fix. But for example "ö ä å - _ ' ? +" -keys are not working on the guest. I'm running vmware player 2.5.0 build-118166 on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with 2.6.27-11 kernel. A virtual beer for anyone who can solve it!

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

Fabrice77 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:08:32 GMT

Bonjour,

Je suis absent du bureau depuis le 26 janvier 2009 et ne prendrai connaissance de votre email que dès mon retour, le 2 février 2009.

Avec mes meilleures salutations

Fabrice Bavaud

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

jonttu — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:29:19 GMT

Hello frenchman,

Care to translate?

merci!

-Jonttu

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

joelukkelis — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:01:56 GMT

Solution for Finland layout is to change only Finland while install new fresh OS, no Finland Classic keyboard layout. I have no found solution without installing Ubuntu again.... But now it works. This was tested both 32 & 64 b Ubuntu. With same strange behavior in VMWare Player 2.5.0 and 2.5.1

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

CeasarSK — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:25:24 GMT

I have the same problem as the Finland layout for the Swedish keyboard layout, all arrow and ins del problems are solved by the solution above.

But not the special åäö Swedish letters, they are still not working,

anyone that have a clue to solve it ? I really don't want to reinstall for this 3 keys

Ubuntu 8.10, vmware player 2.5.1 build-126130 running Windows XP SP2.

/Brgds Stefan

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

kjohansen — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:35:28 GMT

I have the same issues with the danish keyboard layout, could this be related to extended character sets?

Br.

Kennet

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

CeasarSK — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:42:11 GMT

I managed to get it working with Swedish letters åäö and all arrows ctrl, AltGr etc....

I added into /etc/vmware/config

xkeymap.language = se104

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

Also I remarked this line again.

#xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true

/Hope it works similar with Danish keys also.

/Brgds Stefan

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Running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Lenovo W500 using Vmware player

Re: Workstation 6.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 Host keymap problem

jonttu — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:53:36 GMT

Yes!! I got it!!

I think it was the "xkeymap.language = se104" because I had the other xkeymap.keycode...-lines there already.

Although in XP guest login screen I apparently had us layout but after the login everything was fine.

thanks!!