Comment 145 for bug 195982

"For VMWare Server the workaround described at http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/vmware-and-fubar-keyboard-effect.html should be applied to /usr/lib/vmware/config."

This worked for me by the way and fixes it. The setxkbmap trick did not work. It did fix my SHIFT and CTRL meta's but it did not resolve my ALT key.