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Running KDE 4.1.2 under VMware Workstation.
My ‘e’ key doesn’t work. Obviously works outside
of VMware as I’m typing this post. :slight_smile:

I always notice anomalies with keyboards on Linux under
VMware. Once chronic problem I see and it isn’t limited
to SuSE is ultra high speed key repeats. Sometimes nearly
impossible to type any single letter without getting 7
or 8 of them. This is a first though with a missing key.

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> Running KDE 4.1.2 under VMware Workstation.
> My ‘e’ key doesn’t work. Obviously works outside
> of VMware as I’m typing this post. :slight_smile:
>
> I always notice anomalies with keyboards on Linux under
> VMware. Once chronic problem I see and it isn’t limited
> to SuSE is ultra high speed key repeats. Sometimes nearly
> impossible to type any single letter without getting 7
> or 8 of them. This is a first though with a missing key.

FWIW, logged out and back in now ‘e’ works.
Trying to replicate it now.

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On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 18:58 +0000, GofBorg wrote:
> > Running KDE 4.1.2 under VMware Workstation.
> > My ‘e’ key doesn’t work. Obviously works outside
> > of VMware as I’m typing this post. :slight_smile:
> >
> > I always notice anomalies with keyboards on Linux under
> > VMware. Once chronic problem I see and it isn’t limited
> > to SuSE is ultra high speed key repeats. Sometimes nearly
> > impossible to type any single letter without getting 7
> > or 8 of them. This is a first though with a missing key.
>
> FWIW, logged out and back in now ‘e’ works.
> Trying to replicate it now.
>
>

Try disabling power mgmt and see if that helps (a tip from
someone else… not me).