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Kabi

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Registered: 2007-12-05

Posts: 42

Arch in vmplayer - Problems with missing keys

I have installed archlinux in vmplayer, with open-vm-tools. I followed the archlinux wiki and almost everything is working as it should.
After removing xorg.conf I could enter unity mode in vmplayer. The only problem is that certain keycombinations dont work.
Alt Gr - Works in many combinations. Just not for \ or @ or ~, which makes it really difficult to do any real work.
These keys work when vmplayer is not in unity mode.

Host: Windows 7 64 - english with danish keymap
Guest: Archlinux i686 - english with danish keymap

I have googled and searched different forums, and I have found posts with similar problems. The always solve it by manually setting keys in /etc/vmware/config. But that is in the case where linux is the host and windows the guest.

I tried this with Ubuntu and Debian also, and with vmware's own VMware Tools. All combinations with the same result.

Any ideas?

EDIT: If I am just missing something in the wiki or something else please let me know

Last edited by Kabi (2010-04-11 17:12:55)

Kabi

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Registered: 2007-12-05

Posts: 42

Re: Arch in vmplayer - Problems with missing keys