Wrong keyboard mapping in guest OS

[mauog]

Hi all,

I', running fusion 4.1.1 on Lion.

I built up a VM with Lion too as a guest OS.

I realized that my keybord in my VM isn't well mapped.

In fact I have a couple of keys which, if pressed, don't correspond to the right character.

The keybord, which is an apple wireless keybord with italian layout, works fine in the host environment.

How can i fix this problem?

Thank You

Regards

[SvenGus]

This is a known problem (ANSI vs. ISO keyboard layout) - but apparently with no official solution, yet...

[SvenGus]

... And here are some links to other similar discussions (the first one by yourself):

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1885158

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/171727

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/337079

[mauog]

I went deep a lot but not very well it seems :smileyplain:. I missed some interesting posts you higlighted.

At the moment I can't see any solution.

It I could get by with a virtual keyboard just to copy and paste the missing symbols.

Is there any apps you can recommend?

Thank You

Regard

Mauro

[SvenGus · Accepted solution]

After some quick tests, here are two methods which definitely seem to work:

1. Copy (the pipe symbol, etc. etc.) and paste directly from host to guest: for example, for |, an initial cmd-C in the host and then, when required, a cmd-V in the guest, and you are done.

2. Connect to the guest from the host with Screen Sharing (after having enabled it in the guest, of course): in this case, the keyboard mapping is the right one from the beginning (it uses the one from the host); and probably you also need bridged networking in the guest: not an ideal solution, but maybe better than the first one, if you don't mind the possible performance hit.

Any other possible solutions? Who knows...

[mauog]

Thank You Sven,

I consider solved the issue using your two workaround.

I wonder why Vmware hasn't yet fixed the problem.

I hope that it could be fixed soon.

Thank You again

Mauro

[SvenGus]

BTW, in LIon the Screen Sharing application is one of those that have native full screen capability: so, if you connect to your Lion VM and then go to full screen in Screen Sharing, it seems like working directly inside the VM (which of course in this case should previously be in full screen, too).

Just an option, of course: one can also work in windowed mode; and, in general, if needed (for advanced uses), there is also Apple Remote Desktop, available directly on the Mac App Store.

Well, of course, it would be much better if VMware solved the Mac OS X (Server) guests' ISO keyboard mapping problem, anyway...

[Almy106]

Hi and Happy New Year to all

I have installed Windows with WMWare - and could not find @ on my keyboard :smileyangry:

My husbond showed me an Ascii table where I could find some of the signs I could'nt find on the Keyboard..

BUT the table is not the same on Mac :smileyconfused: To find the @ you have to use the right ALT botton and press 62 - at the Ascii table the number for @ is 64 and not 62??

Hope this will help you find some of the lost signs

BR

Almy

(Denmark)

[Almy106]

And BTW you'll find the Ascii table here: http://www.asciitable.com/

[vjarch]

is there a solution for this yet?

[Technogeezer]

I’m assuming you are having a problem and not just posting a question out of curiosity.

You might want to start a new post with complete details on the problem (macOS version, fusion version, Guest OS version rather than trying to resurrect a 11 year old post with no details. 

[vjarch]

These really are not fixes or solutions. They are bandaids. Is there a more invasive permanent solution?