VMware Workstation 3.0: Changing to a Text Console in Linux (Guest Operating System
Support knowledgebase (fhassel_vmware_hotkey)
Applies to
VMware Workstation: Version 3.0
Symptom
In your system Linux is the guest operating system.
When you try to change from the graphical interface to a text console
by pressing CTRL-ALT
and function key F[1-6]
in Linux (guest operating system), the VMware windows deactivates.
Cause
The key sequence for leaving the VMware window has been changed in version 3.0.
Solution
Please change in the VMware menu
- Settings ->
- Hot key modyfiers
the key combination used to leave the guest operating system from CTRL-ALT
to CTRL-Shift-ALT
.
Now it is possible to change to a text console under Linux the usual way.
Keywords: VMWARE, TEXTKONSOLE, HOTKEY
Categories:
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