Comment 61 for bug 195982

i am also having this problem after upgrading to hardy - note lack of shift key and hence capitals as the bug has hit. running vmware player 2.0.3 causes the problem. no problem inside a vm, but no alt, shift or control outside. can't run a terminal as this crashes as soon as keyboard is pressed.

i am suspicious of the clipboard. clipboard use seems to bring on the bug and there are some strange effects in the vm. ms office 9under winxp0 seems to lose the ability to copy formatted data. its all unformatted until the office clipboard is opened. will now try with the vm isolated and see if the problem still arises.