Keyboard problem with Ubuntu Server 10.10 on Vmware 7.1.1 build-282343

[sarah22]

Arrow keys are not functioning properly. If I press down, it enters. The others are nothing. Numpad arrows are working perfectly.

Any idea how to fix this?

[sarah22]

oh I found out that 10.04 server has this problem also. Now, anyone has a fix for this?

[misterdai]

Did you ever have any luck with this. I'm having the same problem with Ubuntu Server 10.10 as a guest OS on Windows 7 using VMWare player. My arrow keys are useless, which makes text editing or selecting options in a menu impossible

[gen0]

I'm getting this too - Ubuntu 10.04 Server and VmWare Workstation 7.1.2

[gjdunga]

Well, I think it's because the keyboard is set incorrectly..

This is what i did to switch

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Now while you do this, you have to be creative, because well the up and down arrows don't work.. I pressed the letter A then A again, untill i got to the apic standard I think it was called, and then tabbed over to ok, and chose usa and latin for the other things, and rebooted.. Viola I got my server back!

Hope this helps..

Gabriel

[misterdai]

Hi all,

I found the perfect fix for this issue. Don't let VMWare Player (or other VMWare product) do the fast install for you. When I went through the installation manually, the keyboard worked correctly.

Hopefully they'll fix this in future versions