Windows – Ubuntu 10.04 doesn’t accept keyboard input when running under VMware on Windows 7

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I have just installed Ubuntu for the first time using VMWare on Windows 7. Everything has been installed smoothly but after the installation, the login screen username prompt appears. When I try to enter password it does not accept any input, as if the keyboard is not working at all. After moving away from Ubuntu keyboard and everthing else is working fine. Does anyone know what's the cause behind this ?

Best Answer

Try Martin Pitt's solution. Worked fine for me. This was found @ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/548891 but to save you the time from reading, below are the quick steps to get it working.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/sru-test

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

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