arrow keys not working with vmware
November 9th, 2008 at 2:20am |
you may experience some problems with arrow keys, pg up/pg down and home/end keys with vmware 6.5 and Ubuntu Linux Intrepid 8.10.
a workaround for those problems is to create a file named config under .vmware folder in your home directory and fill it with either (both workarounds work!):
a)
xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true b)
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
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this did not work for me, but the following hint did:
http://bias9.blogspot.com/2008/10/keys-not-working-in-vmware.html
I have the same problem with Fedora 10; everything else works fine. I
want to change the boot sequence so that it always tries to boot from the CD
before booting from the virtual HDD. When I enter BIOS I am unable
to tab over to the boot tab. I created the config file as indicated for Ubunto
but clearly it is not applicable to Fedora.
Your example doesn’t work because you’re using the × character instead of a normal x in the text. E.g.
xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0×138 # Alt_R
instead of the correct
xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0×138 # Alt_R
HTH
OK it seems it’s your blog software that is changing the character…
Thank you Kamal for pointing this out.
I’m sorry it was a WordPress bug or feature: when an x is found between two digits it is automatically converted to a multiply mark.
Now I have fixed it by setting the string as preformatted.
Thanks for a good, working hint, that was awesome!
Finally I can run my virtual machines in Intrepid
Thanks for the tip. I think Peter’s link is much easy and simple though.
Everything I could ask for, finally – thanks!
thnx that worked