These are my links for May 8th:
- ChipLog » Blog Archive » Fixing broken key codes in VMware on Ubuntu 8.10 – Fix for broken key codes with vmware and Ubuntu.
I had also the problem with Ubuntu 8.4 and vmware player when holding a key like ctrl while moving the mouse out of the vmware window that special keys (ctrl, alt etc.) were not working anymore; calling 'setxkbmap' worked to repair that.