Bug 749 - Keyboard/Mouse activity not detected when inside VMware guest on Windows Vista Host
Status:
ASSIGNED
Component:
Core :: Win32
Version:
1.8.5
Hardware:
All Windows Vista
Importance:
P5 normal
Target Milestone:
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Assignee:
Ray Satiro
URL:
Depends on:
Blocks:
Reported:
Jun 20 2008 17:11:02 UTC
by:
Jan Stoess
Modified:
Oct 25 2011 17:37:41 UTC
CC List:
Piotr Michniewski
Ray Satiro
| Who | When | What | Removed | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Satiro | Jan 16 2009 06:21:27 UTC | cc | Ray Satiro | |
| status | NEW | ASSIGNED | ||
| severity | major | normal | ||
| assigned_to | Raymond Penners | Ray Satiro | ||
| Piotr Michniewski | Oct 25 2011 17:37:41 UTC | cc | Piotr Michniewski |
Description
Jan Stoess Jun 20 2008 17:11:02 UTC
I'm using VMware Workstation (6.5 build 91182) to run a Debian Linux guest (kernel 2.6, Xorg 1.4.0) on a Windows Vista host. When inside the guest, keyboard activity doesn't get passed to Workrave. Result is that it suspends the timers due to idle time. I can workaround it by not suspending the timers when idle, but that's actually not what I want. I have seen a similar bug report (616) for a Linux host, but the proposed solution doesn't seem to help here. The guest has VMware Tools installed but the problem persists.
Comment 1
Ray Satiro Jan 16 2009 06:21:27 UTC
Please let us know if you have this problem with Workrave 1.9.0. Thanks, Ray
Comment 2
Piotr Michniewski Oct 25 2011 17:37:41 UTC
It still doesn't work properly under XP with VMware player 3.1.1 and Workrave 1.9.4.