Warning about VMWare Player and new Ubuntu 10.04

[veryhumid]

Doesn't detect my basic USB keyboard. Version 9 works fine but if I do a new VM with the version 10 iso or install 9 and then updated to 10 keyboard just dies.

Anyway you may want to backup your VM in case you want to try the upgrade in case it happens to you.

 

[AMD_OCER]

Hmm... Maybe that is why my KVM switch locks up now. I noticed it as soon as I upgraded. I have to reboot my KVM switch every time the system turns off the monitor. BTW this is native 10.04 not in a VM.

 

[Methal]

I've gotten the same thing. USB keyboard does not work in VMWare. Down graded back to the last release.

 

[TazExtreme3]

This is a problem with the VMWare easy install function. The fix is to log in using the onscreen keyboard, Click on the "Universal Access Preferences" (It's the little guy in the circle) on the bottom toolbar to the left of the date and time. Then click on the pop-up that says "Universal Access Preferences". Then put a check mark next to "Use on-screen Keyboard". Reboot and you will have an on-screen keyboard that works. Once your in to your Gnome desktop the keyboard works fine. Then, open up a terminal and type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Then follow the on-screen instructions, reboot, and you are good to go.

Or you can manually edit the following lines in /etc/default/console-setup.
from this:

XKBMODEL="SKIP"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT="U.S. English"
XKBOPTIONS=""

to this:

XKBMODEL="pc105"
XKBLAYOUT="us"
XKBVARIANT=""
XKBOPTIONS=""