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curmudgeon
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 Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 9:52 am Post subject: problem with laptop keyboard under vmware [solved] |
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I installed vmware on an hp dv9000, then xp.
The keys work fine under linux, but in windoze under vmware (all of these refer to the keys above the numeric keypad):
The end key acts as if I had pushed the start button.
The page up key produces a slash (/).
The page down key acts as if I had pushed the page down button.
This has pretty much made trying to use windoze even more unbearable than usual.
Does anyone have any idea what is going on?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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avx
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| Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Try adding the following to your ~/.vmware/preferences (just to be sure, close the app before doing so)
| Code: | xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = "TRUE"
hint.xkeymap.notLocal = "FALSE" |
That worked for me. If you got problems with other vms, try adding the above to the xp-vm only. |
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curmudgeon
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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| ph030 wrote: | Try adding the following to your ~/.vmware/preferences (just to be sure, close the app before doing so)
| Code: | xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = "TRUE"
hint.xkeymap.notLocal = "FALSE" |
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That worked! How on earth did you ever find those settings? I can't find much about them even searching directly for them. |
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | How on earth did you ever find those settings? |
Vmware-Forums, but yes, it took me a few hours, too  |
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| Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Well, you could have stated your usage of dvorak in the first place  Glad it worked, though. Don't forget to mark the topic [solved], plz. |
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| Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| ph030 wrote: | | Well, you could have stated your usage of dvorak in the first place |
It didn't seem relevant (wrong again :) ) to problems with the arrow, home/end and page up/down keys.
| ph030 wrote: | | Glad it worked, though. Don't forget to mark the topic [solved], plz. |
Did that. Thanks again. |
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