Arrow keys not working in VMware

Arrow keys (and also Ctrl, Win, etc.) don't work in VMware if running in KDE. This should be an upstream bug.

Workaround: Add this line to ~/.vmware/config (create it if necessary) and restart VMware:

xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true

VMware will display a warning about keyboard layout. Simply ignore it.

Reference
http://www.ultimalinux.com/wiki/VMware#Function.2Farrow_keys.2C_etc._not_working