Keys not working In VMware

I'm posting this primarily as a reminder to me, but perhaps it will help some else as well. I just upgraded to Ubuntu 8.10 beta 64bit, installed VMware 6.5 and my up and down arrows were not working (one was opening the windows menu and some other crazy stuff). A co-worker of mine pointed me towards this handy little fix:

Function/arrow keys, etc. not working

This is an upstream bug in VMware’s code. If your keyboard is not functioning correctly in VMware, add this line to ~/.vmware/config (create file if necessary):

xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true

http://www.ultimalinux.com/wiki/VMware


Worked like a charm. Awesome.

Microsoft Emergency Patch

"Microsoft is about to issue an emergency security update to plug a vulnerability which could allow an internet worm to be spread via a computer without the user doing anything.

The update is rated as critical for users of Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 and the less severe rating of "important" for users of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. The patch is scheduled for 10.00am Pacific Time (6pm BST).

There will be a webcast at 1.00pm Pacific Time (9pm BST) explaining the issue in more detail.

The exploit potentially allows remote code to be executed.

The Advance Notification is here.

Microsoft tries to make life easier for administrators by bundling its updates into one monthly slot, known as Patch Tuesday, in the second week of every month. It has broken this cycle before, but it is unusual. "

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/23/windows_emergency_update/