At first the "nthrb..." work around didn't work for me but it seems to be working after:
1) using xev and making sure each key is set correctly
2) making sure delete and backspace were defined
3) creating it as /etc/vmware/config with root permissions and symlinking it to my ~/.vmware/ so vmware can't blow it away (when run under my privileges)
I think the key things are #1 and #2. Here is the steps I took for a ThinkPad T61p with US keyboard layout:
At first the "nthrb..." work around didn't work for me but it seems to be working after:
1) using xev and making sure each key is set correctly
2) making sure delete and backspace were defined
3) creating it as /etc/vmware/config with root permissions and symlinking it to my ~/.vmware/ so vmware can't blow it away (when run under my privileges)
I think the key things are #1 and #2. Here is the steps I took for a ThinkPad T61p with US keyboard layout:
http:// cymen.org/ blog/2008/ 07/11/vmware- linux-windows- host-keyboard- annoyances/