Comment 141 for bug 194214

Oli: What you are describing with VMWare is exactly the problem I just started having after I just upgraded (sorry I'm late to the party). I can reproduce it exactly the same way you describe with VMWare and the setxkbmap trick works perfectly for me.

Can anyone tell me if there is a thread specifically for this problem as Oli describes. I hate to continue monitoring this thread that has been resolved already if there's a new one that fits my problem better. I did a little searching but I haven't found the perfect thread for this problem yet. Another problem I've been having (as a side note) for a long while is that when the computer is idle for a while if VMWare has focus the screen saver won't kick in but as soon as vmware loses focus the screen saver kicks in even though I'm moving the mouse... The only reason I mention that is that I have my screen saver requiring a password and I just had to power off my machine because I couldn't type the password with this keyboard bug active... Sorry to get so far off topic. Thanks in advance to anyone that can point me to the right thread for this bug.