On 31/03/2010 3:13 PM, Darmath wrote: > On 31/03/2010 9:57 AM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Scott Silva<ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote: >> >> >>> on 3-28-2010 9:35 AM Darmath spake the following: >>> >>> >>>> I installed CentOS 5.4on a WMWare Server virtual machine that's running >>>> on win7. Everything seems to work fine except I get a shit load of error >>>> messages from the console along the lines of when I type on the keyboard: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Is the VMWare server edition you have compatible with Windows 7? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Wonder if it's this: >> >> http://communities.vmware.com/message/1252545 >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> > Thanks for responding but I dont think that is the problem although I > obviously can't rule it out. > > Perhaps the following information is better provided as follows: > > Host Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate Edition (32 bit) > Guest Operating System: CentOS 5.4 (32 bit) > VMWare Server 2.0.2-203138 installed using the only windows installer on > the VMware website which is described as follows: > > VMware Server 2 for Windows Operating Systems. A master installer file > containing all Windows components of VMware Server. > > Whether or not the software is actually compatible with windows 7 at > this stage I'm having trouble ascertaining from VMWare's site. > > The precise error messages are as follows: > atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2 code 0xd9 on isa0060/serio0) > atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059<keycode>' to make it known. > atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xd9 on > isa0060/serio0) > atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e059<keycode> to make it known. > > I do see other codes in place of e059 (it's a keyboard scancode?) and in > place of the 0xd9....The errors themselves dont appear to correspond > with the pressing or releasing of any particular keys. The errors also > seem to happen at different rates...on occassions they will vmware > console screen which make it difficult to do anything. At other times > just one error message is produced. > > Perhaps the best information that I have come across to date in relation > ot the problem is the following: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141505 > > Interestingly enough yes I am using a Microsoft Wireless Desktop Elite > Keyboard and Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 on this system. > > It also seems that the problem effects different distro's: > Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/70317 > > I guess the first thing to do at this point is to plug in some older > wired mouse and keyboard and see if the problem persists. If it's this > problem it's certainly a long lasting one since it appears to go back to > at least the end of 2004 (almost 6 yrs ago?). Simply plugging in my older Microsoft MultiMedia Keyboad 1.0A and some crappy old mouse, both of which are wired with PS/2 connectors, resulted in the problem going away. This kind of sucks because I like using my keyboard and mouse and I dont intend to leave these old things connected to my pc. I gather this means that the bug, that seems to have floated around for what 6 yrs, still hasn't been resolved?