Comments on: Nasty Bug – Ubuntu 10.04 on VMWare Fusion OSX

By: tonix

tonix — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:42:30 +0000

thanks so much, same problem, same fix, same good result! thanks

By: Baz

Baz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:39:41 +0000

I had this bug when upgrading instant-contiki, which is an ubuntu-based appliance for VMWare.
I could log using the on-screen keyboard as described you described, but the later command-line to reconfigure the console revealed itself unsuccessful. I fixed the problem by login via ssh and re-install the VMWareTools. After rebooting, the keyboard worked fine.

By: Bobbyfour

Bobbyfour — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:22:00 +0000

Thanks, saved me a lot of pain

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:15:14 +0000

Thanks for the help!

By: Daniel Howard

Daniel Howard — Thu, 27 May 2010 06:01:06 +0000

Thanks! You saved my bacon, but I selected Generic 104 keyboard.

-danny

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:51:52 +0000

Thanks, saved me hours. I had the same issue on a VMF 3.02

By: chris wade

chris wade — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:00:18 +0000

You'd think VMWare would check this software for bugs.
Being unable to LOGIN is a BUG!

By: Shocm

Shocm — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:59:58 +0000

@Alfred – Glad to hear this fixed worked for you too.

@Kevin – Good to know. I am still not clear if this is a Ubuntu or VMWare issue but good to know VMWare is addressing it. Just for fun I installed Kubuntu 10.04 and ran into the same problem except there isn’t a Universal Access setting on the login screen for Kubuntu so I wasn’t able to access it. Thanks for the link.

By: Shocm

Shocm — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:59:00 +0000

@Alfred – Glad to hear this fixed worked for you too.

By: Kevin Killins

Kevin Killins — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:50:49 +0000

Ubuntu 10.4 is not supported in Fusion 3.0.2 but it is in the Fusion 3.1 RC. I have 10.4 installed on the 3.1 RC and did not hit the keyboard bug.

http://communities.vmware.com/community/beta/fusion

So far 10.4 is running like a champ.