Re: Switching terminals under VMWare Fusion

Btw, the reason why I say its the handling of the ALT key is
that I can't
get into kdb (ALT-CTLR-ESC, etc.).  This is really
frustrating!
-aps

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Alexander Sack
<pisymbolgmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Everydoy:
> I apologize if this isn't exactly the right place but
I'm out of options!
>  I've posted on the Fusion community website up on
vmware.com but am still
> lost.  I'm running 7.0-RELEASE under VMWare Fusion on a
MBP/Leopard (
> 10.5.1).  I've installed the vmware-tools port as well
as the tools
> shipped with Fusion and made some edits to accommodate
7.0-RELEASE.  All
> is well minus the fact that either the ALT key or some
other issue is
> preventing me from switching terminals (ALT-F1, F2,
etc.).  Has anyone seen
> this problem before?  If you run Workstation or Fusion
have you seen any
> issues with switching terminals?
>
> Any pointers would be much appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
> -aps
>
> --
> "What lies behind us and what lies in front of us
is of little concern to
> what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
>



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On Wednesday 12 March 2008 04:37:44 pm Alexander Sack
wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Alexander Sack
<pisymbolgmail.com> 
wrote:
> > Hello Everydoy:
> > I apologize if this isn't exactly the right place
but I'm out of
> > options! I've posted on the Fusion community
website up on vmware.com
> > but am still lost.  I'm running 7.0-RELEASE under
VMWare Fusion on a
> > MBP/Leopard ( 10.5.1).  I've installed the
vmware-tools port as well
> > as the tools shipped with Fusion and made some
edits to accommodate
> > 7.0-RELEASE.  All is well minus the fact that
either the ALT key or
> > some other issue is preventing me from switching
terminals (ALT-F1,
> > F2, etc.).  Has anyone seen this problem before? 
If you run
> > Workstation or Fusion have you seen any issues
with switching
> > terminals?
> >
> > Any pointers would be much appreciated!
> >
> Btw, the reason why I say its the handling of the ALT
key is that I
> can't get into kdb (ALT-CTLR-ESC, etc.).  This is
really frustrating!
> -aps

I just happened to read this from a Workstation VM so I
played around with 
it a bit. The reason ctrl-alt keystrokes don't work is that
they never 
get to the VM. VMware uses them for its own hotkey combos:
ctrl-alt = 
release mouse/keyboard, ctrl-alt-enter = toggle full-screen,

ctrl-alt-right = next running VM, etc. I went into the
options for VMware 
(on the host, Windows in my case) and changed the hotkey to

ctrl-alt-shift. It didn't take effect immediately, but once
I paused my 
VM, closed VMware and started it back up again I was able to
use ctrl-alt 
combos in my VM. That includes switching to a virtual
terminal from X, 
switching workspaces in xfce (ctrl-alt-left and right),
etc.

JN

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