Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS 64 bit Beta 2 keyboard doesn't respond.

Cassius V. de Magalhaes cassius at cassius.vinicius.nom.br
Sat Apr 10 16:02:16 UTC 2010


Em 09/04/2010 19:36, Cassius V. de Magalhaes escreveu:
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> Em 09/04/2010 18:11, Nataraj escreveu:
>> Nataraj wrote:
>>> Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/09/2010 06:52 AM, Cassius V. de Magalhaes wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Em 09/04/2010 09:32, Karl Larsen escreveu:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 04/09/2010 06:27 AM, Cassius V. de Magalhaes wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just installed Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS 64 bit Beta 2 
>>>>>>> yesterday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Again, the keyboard doesn't respond.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm using this Ubuntu as a VM on VMware Workstation 7 64 bit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any clues because the keyboard doesn't respond, please?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>            The 10.04 can't find your keyboard. While you were 
>>>>>> loading
>>>>>> 10.04 from the LiveCD you used your keyboard. Did it work ok?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73 Karl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the first time this issue happens since VMware Workstation 5.0,
>>>>> and since Red Hat 9, SuSE 7.0 and Conectiva 9.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>           I have never done this so I really can't help you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73 Karl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> There is definitely a problem with the beta2 desktop (gnome) running
>>> under vmware.   (I had the same problem under beta1)   GDM does not
>>> accept input from the keyboard in the password box.   I also tried
>>> switching to another virtual console using ctrl-alt-space [F1 .. F10]
>>> and that didn't work either (note, ctrl-alt-space F1 is how you send
>>> ctrl-alt-f1 to a vmware guest).    I also tried disabling vmware tools
>>> and that didn't help either, so something is broken here.  I even
>>> upgraded from Vmware 6.5 to 7.0 and that didn't help either.  
>>> (vmware is
>>> running under Fedora 10).
>>>
>>>
>>> Nataraj
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> See the following links for workarounds. The problem described in the
>> second one does not appear to show up for me on the beta2 with the
>> standard install, though I saw that with the install from the alternate
>> disk.
>>
>> http://communities.vmware.com/message/1508704#1508704
>>
>> http://communities.vmware.com/message/1496146#1496146
>>
>> Nataraj
>
> Hello,
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Cheers.
>
> * Cassius Vinicius de Magalhaes <cassius at cassius.vinicius.nom.br>
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Hello,

The guys here are more cool than the ones on VMTN Discussions. My VMware 
Workstation 7 is paid. I have VMware products since 2005. I never had 
luck with their support.

I posted the same issue there, with no answer until now. It's sad.

Regards.
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