Fix for vmware window dying in hyprland
Let me preface this with 2 things. I am newish to Linux, so if you know a better way then do that. This worked for me. And two, do not try and find me.
(vmware:12379): Gdk-WARNING **: 21:27:14.747: The program 'vmware' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
(Details: serial 18128 error_code 2 request_code 135 (XKEYBOARD) minor_code 8)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the GDK_SYNCHRONIZE environment
variable to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
You need a script to stop the window from breaking and so you don't have to manually type anything every time to fix it.
Create a file using nano at /usr/local/bin. Type nano/usr/bin/vmware-safe.
Paste this text verbatim into your file you just created:
#!/bin/bash
vmware-safe: Launch VMware safely under Wayland/Xwayland
Save current XKB options
CURRENT_XKB=$(setxkbmap -query | grep options | awk '{print $2}')
Disable advanced XKEYBOARD options to prevent VMware crash
setxkbmap -option ""
Launch VMware
vmware
Restore original XKB options
if [ -n "$CURRENT_XKB" ]; then
setxkbmap -option "$CURRENT_XKB"
else
setxkbmap -option ""
fi
Side note: labelled things so you can read everything easy.
3) Run vmware-safe to launch the fixed version of vmware.
This should fix the problem.