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Fix arrow keys when using XP under wmareplayer

I’ve been using the free vmwareplayer under Ubuntu when I need to use XP for development and testing. However I had problems with the arrow keys not working correctly. Today with a bit of googling I found a solution:

Shut down vmplayer

Type this at the console:

echo ‘xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true’ > ~/.vmware/config

Restart vmplayer and you should be good to go…


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