[GH-ISSUE #332] VMWare Unable to use modifier keys such as control. #267

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opened 2026-05-05 05:52:40 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @LinxzSec on GitHub (Jun 5, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/332

Operating Systems

Server: Windows 10

Client: Ubuntu 18.04.2

Barrier Version

2.1

Steps to reproduce bug

When running a VM using VMWare on the Ubuntu client machine, I am unable to use keys such as: ctrl, and alt in the VMWare VM, however if I use VirtualBox I can use said keys. Works perfectly fine in the client itself but as soon as I use VMWare those keys are a no-go.

Other info

When did the problem start to occur? When I tested this today.
Is there a way to work around it? No there is not.
Does this bug prevent you from using Barrier entirely? No.

I have seen threads going back as far as 2011 to do with this issue in Synergy and as far as I could tell it looked fixed in newer version of Synergy but I am not totally sure as I do not own a copy of Synergy.

Originally created by @LinxzSec on GitHub (Jun 5, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/debauchee/barrier/issues/332 ### Operating Systems ### Server: Windows 10 Client: Ubuntu 18.04.2 ### Barrier Version ### 2.1 ### Steps to reproduce bug ### When running a VM using VMWare on the Ubuntu client machine, I am unable to use keys such as: ctrl, and alt in the VMWare VM, however if I use VirtualBox I can use said keys. Works perfectly fine in the client itself but as soon as I use VMWare those keys are a no-go. ### Other info ### * When did the problem start to occur? When I tested this today. * Is there a way to work around it? No there is not. * Does this bug prevent you from using Barrier entirely? No. I have seen threads going back as far as 2011 to do with this issue in Synergy and as far as I could tell it looked fixed in newer version of Synergy but I am not totally sure as I do not own a copy of Synergy.