Well, I'm stumped. ALT key just does not work as designed
on my
Fusion/FreeBSDS-7.0-RELEASE install. Its probably pilot
error but I just
don't see it. I even tried inverting the Alt/Option key to
see if that
would work.
I thought the issue was I rebuilt a VMWARE kernel stubbing
out a lot of
unnecessary modules from a normal GENERIC build. I know its
far fetched but
I thought when this did work once, I was running GENERIC.
Man this sucks! :(!
-aps
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Alexander Sack
<pisymbol gmail.com> wrote:
> JN:
> Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, hotkeys on Mac
use the Apple button,
> not ALT so I don't think this applies but I will try to
investigate if there
> is some conflict with ALT and Fusion itself. I can't
find anything in
> Preferences that would lead me to believe that there is
a conflict (I do
> know that normally you have to hit fn+alt/option unless
you use an advanced
> tunable via your .vmx file).
>
> Btw, I had this working at some point....hmmmm....I
just thought of
> something...gonna try something else.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -aps
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:54 PM, John Nielsen
<listsjnielsen.net> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> "What lies behind us and what lies in front of us
is of little concern to
> what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
--
"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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