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[T. Nagy Ádám <tnagy.adam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

The issue seems to be reproducible the following way:

0. I am on Ubuntu 12.04.4
1. Install VMWare Player 6.0.2 or 6.0.3
2. Run a VM
3. Go To System settings in Host Ubuntu - Keyboard Layout / Options /Caps Lock behavior -> 
Make Caps Lock an additional Control but keep Caps_Lock keysym
4. After this, swinging the mouse over a virtual machine's desktop triggers the issue.
5. Running setxkbmap in terminal is a good workaround

I finally remembered that I changed the keyboard layout with this
modification (thanks to this comment:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xkeyboard-
config/+bug/195982/comments/226) I had this for a few days but this
issue was really a pain.

Hope you can solve it on Ubuntu side

Cheers,
Adam

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Title:
  Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “xkeyboard-config” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in Gentoo Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  [Problem]
  VMWare's keyboard mapping is imperfect, sometimes resulting in certain keys stopping functionality when running under VMWare, requiring the user to setup their configuration settings manually in VMWare.  For a detailed explanation see the following article:

  http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_devices_keymap_linux_longer.html

  [Original Report]
  After a day or so of running the shift key mysteriously stops working as does the cap lock. In other words I cannot enter shifted characters of any kind. The keyboard is connected to a KVM and all other systems respond to it properly. In additional any VMWare sessions I have open respond correctly. So I have the condition where all non-vmware applications in Ubuntu Hardy (all updates applied as of 2008-02-26 at 12:43 UTC) fail to recognize the shift key BUT applications within an active (a paused/restarted session also works) VMWare sessions running DO recognize the key.

  When this condition occurs ALL applications (except those within a
  VMWare session) are also unstable and will usually crash within a few
  keystrokes.If I continue to operate in this mode. I cannot pinpoint
  what, if any, application triggers this. It has always happened while
  working within terminal/browser/vmware sessions and NOT when opening a
  new application. It could be related to the KVM switch, but none of my
  other systems (2 Mandriva, 1 Windows) are affected by this.

  This bug has been present on my system for a number of days across
  daily updates and reboots (if the update requested it) and I think
  since I installed Hardy Alpha 1.

  A work around: log off and back on. A reboot/restart does not appear
  to be needed.

  Error logs show some unusual activity.

  --- MARK ----
  ...
  ... kernel ... rtc lost 7 interrupts ...
  --- MARK ---
  ....

  Plus some segfaults indicating which application crashed as I tried to
  type into it (mouse works fine).

  System: HP dv9743cl (which otherwise works lovely)
  Ubuntu: Hardy 8.04 (from lsb-release)

  ----
  TEST CASE:
  1. Click inside the VM and                                                                                                     
  2. Hold any of the Ctrl, Alt and/or shift keys while releasing the keyboard/mouse to the host OS (which you obviously do when you press Crtl-Alt to revert back to windowed mode, as the cursor is then released from the VM). 

  WORKAROUND:
  After this happens to recover your keyboard execute 'setxkbmap' in a terminal

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