Hi everyone,
I've been using Linux as my main OS and I've had VMWare server installed on various distros at various times for various reasons but all have suffered from the same malady: the guest OS, or more likely VMWare, steals my keyboard from me to the point where I'm unable to use basic keys like shift and atl. Really frustrating! So finally after much laziness I tried to find a solution because I figured it couldn't just be me who is suffering from this. I'm glad to say I am not the only one. Here is a blog with different solutions:
http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06 ... ffect.html
I hope it works.