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Table Of Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Contents
- Getting Started with VMware Player
- Introduction and System Requirements
- Installing and Using Player
- Creating Virtual Machines
- Understanding Virtual Machines
- Preparing to Create a Virtual Machine
- Create a Virtual Machine
- Use Easy Install to Install a Guest Operating System
- Install a Guest Operating System Manually
- Importing Virtual Machines
- Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Installing VMware Tools
- Upgrading VMware Tools
- Configure Software Update Preferences
- Configure VMware Tools Updates for a Specific Virtual Machine
- Manually Installing and Upgrading VMware Tools
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Windows Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Linux Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a NetWare Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a Solaris Virtual Machine
- Manually Install or Upgrade VMware Tools in a FreeBSD Virtual Machine
- Start the VMware User Process Manually If You Do Not Use a Session Manager
- Uninstall VMware Tools
- Virtual Machine Files
- Using Virtual Machines
- Starting Virtual Machines in Player
- Stopping Virtual Machines in Player
- Transferring Files and Text
- Using the Drag-and-Drop Feature
- Using the Copy and Paste Feature
- Using Shared Folders
- Mapping a Virtual Disk to the Host System
- Add a Host Printer to a Virtual Machine
- Using Removable Devices in Virtual Machines
- Install New Software in a Virtual Machine
- Changing the Virtual Machine Display
- Download a Virtual Appliance in Player
- Remove a Virtual Machine from the Library in Player
- Configuring and Managing Virtual Machines
- Change the Name of a Virtual Machine
- Change the Guest Operating System for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Working Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Virtual Machine Directory for a Virtual Machine
- Change the Memory Allocation for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Video and Sound
- Moving Virtual Machines
- Delete a Virtual Machine
- View the Message Log for a Virtual Machine
- Using the VIX API
- Configuring and Managing Devices
- Configuring DVD, CD-ROM, and Floppy Drives
- Configuring a USB Controller
- Configuring and Maintaining Virtual Hard Disks
- Configuring Virtual Ports
- Add a Virtual Parallel Port to a Virtual Machine
- Configure a Virtual Parallel Port on a Linux 2.6.x Kernel Host
- Configure Permissions for a Parallel Port Device on a Linux Host
- Troubleshoot ECR Errors for Parallel Ports
- Add a Virtual Serial Port to a Virtual Machine
- Change the Input Speed of a Serial Connection
- Configuring Generic SCSI Devices
- Configuring Eight-Way Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing
- Configuring Keyboard Features
- Modify Hardware Settings for a Virtual Machine
- Configuring Network Connections
- Index
3 Select an option from the Enhanced virtual keyboard drop-down menu.
Option Description
Off
The virtual machine does not use the enhanced virtual keyboard feature. This
is the default value.
Use if available (recommended)
The virtual machine uses the enhanced virtual keyboard feature, but only if
the enhanced virtual keyboard driver is installed on the host system.
Required
The virtual machine must use the enhanced the virtual keyboard feature. If
you select this option and the enhanced keyboard driver is not installed on
the host system, Player returns an error message.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Use Ctrl+Alt in a Key Combination
Because Ctrl+Alt tells Player to release mouse and keyboard input, hot-key combinations that include Ctrl+Alt
are not passed to the guest operating system. You must use the Space key if the key combination includes Ctrl
+Alt.
Procedure
1 Press Ctrl+Alt+spacebar.
2 Release the spacebar without releasing Ctrl and Alt.
3 Press the third key of the key combination to send to the guest operating system.
Configure Keyboard Mapping for a Remote X Server
Although the keyboard works correctly with a local X server, it might not work correctly when you run the
same virtual machine with a remote X server.
For local X servers, Player maps X key codes to PC scan codes to correctly identify a key. Because it cannot tell
whether a remote X server is running on a PC or on some other kind of computer, Player uses this key code
map only for local X servers. You can set a property to tell Player to use key code mapping. See “Understanding
X-Key Codes and Keysyms,” on page 93 for more information.
To configure a keyboard mapping for a remote X server, you add the appropriate property to the virtual
machine configuration (.vmx) file or to ~/.vmware/config.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the remote X server is an XFree86 server running on a PC.
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Power off the virtual machine and exit Player.
NOTE If the keyboard does not work correctly on an XFree86 server running locally, report the problem to
VMware technical support.
Procedure
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If you use an XFree86-based server that Player does not recognize as an XFree86 server, add the
xkeymap.usekeycodeMap property and set it to TRUE.
This property tells Player to always use key code mapping regardless of server type.
For example: xkeymap.usekeycodeMap = "TRUE"
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