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Jul. 4th, 2010 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpSo I decide to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my Acer under VMware, which works fine and eventually pops a login screen at me, whereupon it turns out I can't use my keyboard to type my password. At first, I think there's something wrong with USB support (I'm using a plug-in keyboard and mouse), but the machine's built-in keyboard doesn't work either.
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In other news, books that highlight the use of popular software, such as Drupal, have a tendency to go out of date real fast. Authors of such volumes sure do have a moving target to hit!
Just the thing to make a working Sunday go easier.
Cheers...
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ubuntu does not accept keyboard inputinto Google, and the first link returned solves my problem. It turns out there's a bug in VMware, and the page that answers my question provides detailed steps and workarounds.
In other news, books that highlight the use of popular software, such as Drupal, have a tendency to go out of date real fast. Authors of such volumes sure do have a moving target to hit!
Just the thing to make a working Sunday go easier.
Cheers...
