Switching between text consoles in a Linux virtual machine

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

When the CTRL + ALT + F1 key combination is used to switch to another text console (terminal) on a Linux virtual machine, the host switches to a text console instead of the guest.

Environment

• VMware Workstation 5.x (Linux)
• VMware Player 2.x (Linux)
• VMware Workstation 6.x (Linux)

Resolution

The CTRL + ALT combination is used by VMware to direct the keyboard input to the host.

 

Press CTRL + ALT + Space, press the F1 key (or desired Function key) while still holding down CTRL + ALT.