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

[Nataraj]

Nataraj wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> On 04/09/2010 06:52 AM, Cassius V. de Magalhaes wrote:
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>>     
>>> Em 09/04/2010 09:32, Karl Larsen escreveu:
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>>>       
>>>> On 04/09/2010 06:27 AM, Cassius V. de Magalhaes wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> 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