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Case[1156]: VMWare Keyboard Mapping

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Title:VMWare Keyboard Mapping
Number:1156
Created:02/24/2009 10:59
Created By:bemowski
Page Views:754
Status: ACTIVE
Approver:unassigned
Keywords:vmware ctrl alt delete
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On Fedora 10, whenever I run vmware-config.pl, it overwrites my keyboard configuration. I had to fix it initially, and on all subsequent kernel updates (which each requires re-running vmware-config.pl).

The original post is here:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1091425

The problem manifests as VMware ignoring many keboard inputs - arrow keys, delete, and ctrl-alt-delete. When this happens (after vmware-config) do this:

Try this. Add the following code to your /etc/vmware/config file:

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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