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Error: "X server doesn't support XKEYBOARD or XTEST"
Details
I got an error message saying my X server doesn't support
XKEYBOARD or XTEST. What is wrong?
Solution
When you click or type into the virtual machine console window,
VMware GSX Server takes over the keyboard and mouse to allow all
input to go to the virtual machine. To make this transition work
smoothly, GSX Server uses the X protocol extensions XKEYBOARD and
XTEST. In addition, GSX Server uses XKEYBOARD to control the
keyboard indicator lights (Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock) so
they can reflect the keyboard state of the virtual machine. If you
are running an XFree86 server, check to see if XKEYBOARD is
disabled in the XF86Config file.
Look for xkbdisable in /etc/X11/XF86Config, /etc/XF86Config or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config.
If XKEYBOARD is disabled in the XF86Config file, remove the line that disables it.
Keywords
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