Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't accept keyboard input when running under VMware on Windows 7
Try Martin Pitt's solution. Worked fine for me. This was found @ https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/548891 but to save you the time from reading, below are the quick steps to get it working.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pitti/sru-test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Apparently, this is a bug with VMware.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/548891
http://swiss.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9056673
If the keyboard isn't allowing input, how does one use the suggest command lines?