Comments on: Ubuntu 10.0.4, VMware and No Keyboard

By: peregrinus

peregrinus — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:24:02 +0000

Hi all,
I am going crazy. If I boot Ubuntu 10.04LTS under VMware in console mode the keyboard works. In gnome there is no way. I already tried the “dpkg-reconfigure console-setup” but teh keyboard does not work.
I edited the console-setup manually (using onboard or cut and paste from windows). Everybody fixes the issue with the solution above. In my system there is no way….

By: Ouch

Ouch — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:03:56 +0000

My solution:

1. Login with the On Screen Keyboard
2. System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop
3. Check ‘Allow others to view your desktop”
4. Make sure “Allow other to control your desktop” is checked too
5. Close
6. Open VNCViewer on HostOS ( win 7)
7. Connect to VM, and click “Allow” when remote desktop dialog appears in VM.
8. Open a Terminal and run ‘dpkg-reconfigure console-setup’ and choose defaults
9. Reboot
10. Now go disable Remote Desktop

By: alekwisnia

alekwisnia — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:04:13 +0000

Here’s what works for me:
1. Login (it worked when I entered Recovery Mode and then run failsafeX).
2. In terminal:
cd /etc/default
sudo nano console-setup
3. Find line: XKBMODEL=”pc105″
4. Change to: XKBMODEL=”evdev″
5. Reboot.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:34:34 +0000

Thank you, I had the same problem, no keyboard even after logging in. Since I had no ssh set up, I used the on-screen keyboard and installed VMware tools. It works for me now

By: Dileep

Dileep — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 08:19:54 +0000

Thanks mira.. Your suggestion worked out..

By: August

August — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:30:24 +0000

Hi guys,

Setup VM and select install virtual machine later select linux and Ubuntu. Start the Virtual machine and install like you would do normal. Now the keyboard is available after the installation.

By: Long

Long — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:14:20 +0000

Thank You so much, great help !
Best wishes and regards