Vmware Server 2.0 breaks keyboard mapping on Ubuntu 8.10

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1. dave said on 03/12/08 @ 18:53
   Nice! Good hint. Thanks a lot for searching the vmware forums for this.
   xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true
   works like a charm.
2. Disco Stu said on 11/12/08 @ 06:56
   Nice. The keys had been fine earlier, but later in the day today the mapping became faulty. (Maybe there were ubuntu updates that broke things?) A web search that included 'vmware' brought me to your page. Adding "xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true" worked.
   
3. Ben said on 11/12/08 @ 20:27
   Adding xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true to /etc/vmware/config worked like a charm for me on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with VMWare Server 2!
   
   The only caveat is to NOT try to restart VMWare manually, as this can cause all kinds of problems. Just make the change and reboot your machine - otherwise you might run into all kinds of unfriendly issues...
4. Dan said on 04/02/09 @ 18:03
   Awesome find! It was so irritating having to use other keys instead of the arrow keys in a XP virtual machine. This saves me lots of grief.
   
   Thanks again for posting!!
5. MPG said on 13/02/09 @ 05:15
   YOU ARE GOD!!
   
   adding xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true worked!!!!
6. Dan W said on 15/02/09 @ 02:13
   You should see what happens if you use the simple way and you have the host and guest both set to dvorak. It converts us to dvorak twice. It's bizarre.
7. JMS said on 31/03/09 @ 05:32
   It works. Thanks a lot!
8. John said on 01/04/09 @ 02:54
   xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true
   Worked for me too. Thanks, not having a down or up arrow button was kinda frustrating.
   
   
9. Pietro said on 22/05/09 @ 12:30
   xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true
   simply solved the entire problem!
   Thank you!
10. mpg said on 23/05/09 @ 05:44
    now in 9.04 the vm steals my ctrl, alt, and super/winkey
    
    and shift, as you may notice i am not using capital letters...
    i have to copy and paste each letter for the captcha, this is so
    f-----ing annoying
11. TEHEK said on 20/06/09 @ 10:32
    Hey!
    You saved my day! :)
    xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true
    
    Interesting fact that the keyboard gone crazy after certain event... it was ok at the beginning
    
    Btw, now google ranked your page #9 for "vmware goes crazy with keyboard" :))))
12. warn ing said on 28/06/09 @ 12:54
    do not use the single-line fix on Ubuntu9.0.4.
    
    use the multi-line fix (mentioned first).
    
    else there are still some keys missing in the guest and even worse, you'll screw up your host's keyboard.
13. Peter said on 02/11/09 @ 15:28
    I have the vmware server installed elsewhere and only have the vmware-server-console installed on my gentoo laptop. I had to add "xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true" to /etc/vmware-server-console/config tomake this work.
14. lpk said on 03/11/09 @ 08:51
    good hints. Thanks for it. With my swiss-german version of ubuntu 9.04 and a swiss-german keyboard layout on my lenovo T400 and a swiss-german version of windows XP as guest I was successful when I used the keymapping with the following lines
    xkeymap.filename = chde104
    plus all the keymapping from above.
    So I forced the system to use the "correct" mapping and then changed the mappings for the ctl, alt and other special keys according to the hints described
15. marco tonoli said on 02/12/09 @ 22:04
    Thanks!!!! italian keyboard, ubuntu 9.04 (english) multiline version works perfectly......
    
    WHY they do it ??????
16. macbook pro 5.5 ubuntu 9.10 vmware server 2.0 said on 06/12/09 @ 04:34
    IT WORKS !!
    LINUX PEOPLE ROCK!!!
17. osh said on 12/01/10 @ 18:20
    Wow! Nothing here, worked for me. I'm running ubuntu
    9.04 64-bit server and connecting from ubuntu and Windows
    boxes. VM clients are Windows and Linux. Changing the
    /etc/vmware/config file on the server didn't do anything!!!
    
    My fix (on my laptop):
    mkdir ~/.vmware
    pico config
    add 'xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true' (without the ')
    save and exit the file
    
    It now works for me!
    

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