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Howard White
Jul 21, 2019, 9:04:56 PM7/21/19
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Remember getting this head-scratcher of a Windows (or is it BIOS?) error
message? I have a similar situation.
My "project" has been to get a laptop with Ubuntu as the primary
operating system with Windows 10 running under VMWare Player. I've
goofed around with this for quite a while (many calendar days, not many
hours of effort) to the point that I now have this very combination up
and running.
Kind of.
Windows 10 doesn't recognize the laptop keyboard. I have not yet tried
plugging in an external USB keyboard for a look see. I did try going
into Device Manager (I can get there by glide pad only) and deleted the
reference to PS/2 Keyboard. First observation - pointing and clicking
device works fine, no keyboard. Second observation - PS/2??? Anyway,
one of the "happy talk" how-to's said "delete the keyboard and reboot."
PS/2 came back, no type.
Any number of other "happy talk how-to's" said that you could press
whatever key combination to solve the problem. Really? Key presses not
received by Windows 10.
Not even F1.
Howard
message? I have a similar situation.
My "project" has been to get a laptop with Ubuntu as the primary
operating system with Windows 10 running under VMWare Player. I've
goofed around with this for quite a while (many calendar days, not many
hours of effort) to the point that I now have this very combination up
and running.
Kind of.
Windows 10 doesn't recognize the laptop keyboard. I have not yet tried
plugging in an external USB keyboard for a look see. I did try going
into Device Manager (I can get there by glide pad only) and deleted the
reference to PS/2 Keyboard. First observation - pointing and clicking
device works fine, no keyboard. Second observation - PS/2??? Anyway,
one of the "happy talk" how-to's said "delete the keyboard and reboot."
PS/2 came back, no type.
Any number of other "happy talk how-to's" said that you could press
whatever key combination to solve the problem. Really? Key presses not
received by Windows 10.
Not even F1.
Howard
Clayton Davis
Jul 22, 2019, 11:49:42 AM7/22/19
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Are you sure that VMware has "captured" the keyboard? Usually this happens when the mouse is active within the VM, but there might be a key combo or button that tells VMware to accept input from the keyboard. Can you post a screenshot?
Howard White
Jul 22, 2019, 12:06:14 PM7/22/19
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Thanks for the rebound, Clayton. The screen shot I should capture is
from Device Manager that shows the PS/2 Keyboard with a yellow triangle
and an exclamation point. I am aware of the capture key sequence and
probably need to try that again just to make sure.
Detail I may have missed at the start of this tale - the Windows 10
instance is a physical to virtual conversion by way of VMWare Converter
(just downloaded from VMWare). Converter ran on the local machine to an
attached USB drive for transfer. I suspect there is a "hold your tongue
right" aspect to the P2V of which I am unaware.
Howard
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from Device Manager that shows the PS/2 Keyboard with a yellow triangle
and an exclamation point. I am aware of the capture key sequence and
probably need to try that again just to make sure.
Detail I may have missed at the start of this tale - the Windows 10
instance is a physical to virtual conversion by way of VMWare Converter
(just downloaded from VMWare). Converter ran on the local machine to an
attached USB drive for transfer. I suspect there is a "hold your tongue
right" aspect to the P2V of which I am unaware.
Howard
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Clayton Davis
Jul 22, 2019, 12:15:43 PM7/22/19
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I didn't receive the screenshot, but I suspect there is a specific VMware driver for the keyboard that is not being loaded. Did it install VMware Tools as part of the conversion?
I vaguely remember this being an issue at one point, if I had multiple keyboard profiles installed on the host:
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Howard White
Jul 22, 2019, 1:13:57 PM7/22/19
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Thank you, Clayton, for those ideas. No, I did not include a screen
shot as it doesn't really say anything other than the keyboard isn't happy.
VMWare tools is an issue that I am attempting to resolve now. They did
not install at conversion.
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VMWare tools is an issue that I am attempting to resolve now. They did
not install at conversion.
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Howard White
Jul 22, 2019, 2:13:45 PM7/22/19
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So would you believe... Based on a few Google finds, there are issues
with Lenovo laptops and Windows 10 VM guests. The simple fix I tried
first did not solve the problem. The ugly fix is enable RDP and connect
that way. Haven't tried that one yet.
Howard
with Lenovo laptops and Windows 10 VM guests. The simple fix I tried
first did not solve the problem. The ugly fix is enable RDP and connect
that way. Haven't tried that one yet.
Howard
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