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I installed VMWare Server 2.0 on Ubuntu 8.* and 9.*, with Windows XP as the guest system, and several keys aren't working.

They either do nothing, or invoke the wrong keypress.

They keys are all Arrow keys , Windows key, Print Screen , Scroll Lock , Pause or Break , Insert (Ins) , Home , Page Up (PgUp) , Page Down (PgDn), Delete (Del) and End.

How do I fix this?

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If you have an English keyboard, just add this line to the VMware configuration file:

# In the file: /etc/vmware/config
xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true

If you have something other than an English keyboard, the above solution won't work, apparently. So add these lines:

# In the file: /etc/vmware/config    
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

I found the answer here: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/177321

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  • This has worked with for me with Ubuntu Ibex as the host. Jun 2, 2009 at 19:28

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