I wrote a short perl script to automate switching the keyboard layout and posted it here: http://rymerheason.blogspot.com/2008/05/vmware-keyboard-annoyances-on-ubuntu.html
I wrote a short perl script to automate switching the keyboard layout and posted it here: http:// rymerheason. blogspot. com/2008/ 05/vmware- keyboard- annoyances- on-ubuntu. html