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> I have been using VMware workstation V. 5.5.9 and a Logitech |
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> wireless keyboard for some time. Today I somehow mistyped a Ctrl-<something> |
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> sequence while in the VM window, meaning to enter it elsewhere instead of the |
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> VM. Now, the cursor keys between the main keys and the keypad have stopped working |
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> correctly. Most do nothing, but the down arrow key causes |
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> Windows to raise the Start menu, as if I had pressed the "windows" key near left-alt. |
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> The cursor movement keys on the keypad still work, with |
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> numlock off. I have tried restarting windows, restarting VMware workstation, |
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> restarting the X (KDE) session, and rebooting the computer. The only thing I |
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> haven't done is a complete power off/on. |
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> All cursor keys work fine in non-VMware applications, so I |
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> suspect VMware and/or Windows, but I've been wrong blaming MS or VM before, so...... |
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Interesting - the same thing happened to me a couple of days ago. I tried a second Windows guest and it had the same problem, so it appears to affect all guest OSes. FWIW I'm running 2.6.28-r5, xorg 1.5.3 with latest stable vmware server (1.0.8?). |
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