Well, just installed VMware Player 2.5 in HH 8.04 (KDE 4.1.2). Wow! The new .bundle format of the installer made installing the player as simple as issuing a single command. After it finished (with absolutely no intervention from me), I just launched it from K Menu > Applications > System > VMware Player and had it up and running. And the beautiful thing is that VMware Tools is installed by default, so I have the ability to move between the running guest OS and Kubuntu. It's a beautiful thing!! 8)
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Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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VMWare in general is a beautiful thing
... of the 30 odd servers I manage, 18 are VM's. The setup I have includes a backend iSCSI target server holding the VM disks and configs, and a number of frontend iSCSI initiators (with VMWare server 1.0.6) that face the internet. Our OS of choice is Debian for the servers, but I do run kubuntu on my laptop 
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@Snowhog, try a Windows app in your VM and see if the keyboard cursor/arrow keys work. There seems to be a bug in the VMWare Player 2.5 -- at least multiple folks have observed this problem.Comment
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I have no problems with my keyboard cursor or arrow keys. Maybe I'm the lucky one.
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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Originally posted by SnowhogI have no problems with my keyboard cursor or arrow keys. Maybe I'm the lucky one.
Not "maybe".
Hmmm, I wonder if the problem could be on the Intrepid end of the interface? I guess I could temporarily change the keyboard definition in Intrepid and see if it changes the behavior in VMWare.
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I'd be inclined to believe your theory. I'm not using II (yet), so my experiences remain with HH (KDE 3 and KDE 4) and GG (KDE 3). As stated in my initial post, the new packaging (.bundle) really made installing VMware Player a breeze - issue one command and your done!Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock HolmesComment
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Yes, the 2.5 installation was as slick as any I've seen.
What keyboard does it say you are using in System Settings > Regional & Language?Comment
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Rats.
In the grayed-out area, I can see the "Model" is 104-key generic -- same as I'm using in Intrepid.Comment
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Okay, now that I've upgraded to II 8.10 KDE 4.1.2, I am having the cursor issue in VMware Player. Have you discovered a solution yet?Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
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