Exact same problem on Fedora 9. Definitely not something to do with a particular distro - now seen across different Linux distributions.
setxkbmap fixes it for me.
Here's other details: $ uname -s -r -v -m -p -i -o Linux 2.6.25.3-18.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 13 05:38:53 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ rpm -q --all | grep -i vmware xorg-x11-drv-vmware-10.16.0-1.fc9.i386 VMware-server-1.0.5-80187.i386
Exact same problem on Fedora 9. Definitely not something to do with a particular distro - now seen across different Linux distributions.
setxkbmap fixes it for me.
Here's other details: 3-18.fc9. i686 #1 SMP Tue May 13 05:38:53 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ uname -s -r -v -m -p -i -o
Linux 2.6.25.
$ rpm -q --all | grep -i vmware drv-vmware- 10.16.0- 1.fc9.i386 server- 1.0.5-80187. i386
xorg-x11-
VMware-