VMWARE Workstation does not detect Special keys

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Hello,
I’ve changed to Fedora from Ubuntu recently, and migrated my Workstation machines to the new operating system ( Fedora 36, 5.19.16 kernel )

Also, don’t know if it helps, I’ve selected “I Moved it” when asked by Workstation about first time running the VM.

Also, used this guide to install the needed modules:

My problems are:

  • Inside the VM (for example Windows), the Super (Windows) key acts as if I’m outside of VM. The Super key does not get detected by the virtual machine
  • Alt-Tab combination acts the same;
  • Copy from host to virtual machine does not work;

Any help to make them work again?
Thanks in advance!

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Have you tried using X11? In my experience, Wayland seems to be much more aggressive about grabbing these keys before the VM can get to them.

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Do you happen to have a guide regarding the way i should configure that?

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At the display manager, where you login, do you have an option to login to an X11 session?

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gear in the lower right corner of the login (password entry) screen.

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Exactly the same issue. Now it’s on Fedora 42. I know I’m on Wayland but X11 is soon being deprecated so we need a Wayland solution…

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Tried X11 (sudo dnf install gnome-session-xsession), and it still resolves the issue.
So, one more year (Fedora 42 lifecycle) before Wayland must fix this :slight_smile: