Linux for Keysers | Adventures in Open Source

From bug #195982 : VMware Workstation's keyboard mapping is imperfect, sometimes resulting in certain keys stopping functionality when running under VMware Workstation, requiring the user to setup their configuration settings manually in VMware Workstation. For a detailed explanation see the following article: http:// www.vmware. com/support/ ws55/doc/ ws_devices_ keymap_ linux_longer. html WORKAROUND: After this happens to recover your keyboard execute 'setxkbmap' in a terminal

From a bug posting : I've been fighting this with Hardy and the references here made me dig a bit more and found this: $ gconftool-2 -Tg /apps/gnome- power-manager/ backlight/ idle_dim_ time 30 int This basically tells GPM that "idle" means 30 seconds. So, I did this: $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/gnome- power-manager/ backlight/ idle_dim_ time 120 -t int If my calculations are correct, that should increase the delay before the screen dims down to 2 minutes. As for what "activity" means, I have found that moving the mouse and typing equally triggers GPM to bring up full brightness. I think a long term solution to this issue is to put a slider into Power Management Preferences screen to allow this to be customized without tinkering with gconf. I always saw people's iBooks dimming down to save power and I'm glad it is now supported here -- just needs to be fleshed out a bit more. Couldn't agree more with the RFE in the last para.