[VMWare Workstation] ubuntu 8.04 keyboard keys are disordered

[akkad]

after fresh installation of 8.04, i have a problem that sometime the keyboard keys become disordered,
for example while in terminal and click enter it will close the terminal, also with PDF reader if i press alt
it will close too, where i have to reboot to work fine again, one thing to consider that am using vmware
workstation 6 all the time, so i cannot sort if this bug appear while using vmware as vmware used to raise
some bugs.

[Gaël ROSSIGNOL (gael-rossignol)]

Hi,

I use Ubuntu desktop 8.04 and Vmware Server 1.0.5, and I sometimes have the same problem. When I work in full screen with the vmware server console, the keyboard didn't work when I return In my Ubuntu host system. The most strange is any windows close when I use any key of the keyboard.

The reload of scim params don't change anything.

[Gaël ROSSIGNOL (gael-rossignol)]

A short content of /var/log/messages

May 15 14:34:50 dell-op755-02 kernel: [21592.721497] gnome-terminal[15072]: segfault at 00000037 eip b78e1275 esp bf872da0 error 4
May 15 14:43:04 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22085.212083] gnome-terminal[15097]: segfault at 0000006c eip b7929275 esp bf8c55f0 error 4
May 15 14:43:13 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22093.910258] gnome-terminal[15119]: segfault at 00000029 eip b78f8275 esp bff7aca0 error 4
May 15 14:44:01 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22142.172596] usb 6-2.2.1: USB disconnect, address 5
May 15 14:44:11 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22151.833575] usb 6-2.2.1: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
May 15 14:44:11 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22151.947374] usb 6-2.2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 15 14:44:11 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22151.951235] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.7/usb6/6-2/6-2.2/6-2.2.1/6-2.2.1:1.0/input/input6
May 15 14:44:11 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22152.002120] input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Dell Dell USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1a.7-2.2.1
May 15 14:44:13 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22154.382389] gnome-terminal[15188]: segfault at 0000001a eip b78ca275 esp bfe8b3b0 error 4
May 15 14:45:08 dell-op755-02 kernel: [22208.661987] gnome-terminal[15210]: segfault at 00000027 eip b78fa275 esp bfc9f9c0 error 4

Do you need more informations?

[akkad (ahmed-akkad)]

ok i found another solution rather than the reboot, i open the keyboard preferences and then on tab layout i add any layout and then remove it again and then close where the keyboard get back to work well.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, this bug is a duplicate of bug 195982 and is being marked as such. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

akkad, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Please do not test the daily folder, but the one all the way at the bottom. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
kernel-fixed-upstream
kernel-fixed-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

where VERSION-NUMBER is the version number of the kernel you tested. For example:
kernel-fixed-upstream-v3.11-rc5

This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
kernel-bug-exists-upstream
kernel-bug-exists-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

As well, please remove the tag:
needs-upstream-testing

If you are unable to test the mainline kernel, please comment as to why specifically you were unable to test it and add the following tags:
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream
kernel-unable-to-test-upstream-VERSION-NUMBER

Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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