[Bug 195982] Re: Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare

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When evaluating the 2.6.26 kernel proposed for Intrepid, I found that my
experience of the bug (keyboard LEDs desynchronized from Caps/NumLock
state) changed somewhat:

Within vmplayer: the LEDs do not toggle with the VM's state, but 
Natively:  When returning focus to the native environment the state before focus went to the VM is preserved/represented accurately.

This also involved upgrading to the latest version of vmplayer,
installing all available Hardy updates as of last week (week of 9/7/08)
or so, rebuilding the modules as required, etc.

As a heads-up, 2.6.27 (also proposed for Intrepid) removes some
facilities VMWare relies on, so building the modules against same might
not be possible at "this time" (unless they've released a new version
since I did that testing ~last week).  I have no strong opinion as to
whether that's a mark against 2.6.27 (both kernels resolve my other pet
bugs, and if whatever API that was is departing Linux it'll have to be
dealt with someday), just warning to expect VMWare headaches if testing
it right now.

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Shift key (and caps lock) stop working when using VMWare
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