Switching console in guest operating system.

Switching console in guest operating system.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi!
I use a macbook air with Vmware fusion.

I have got ubuntu  18.04 up and running but i want to go into console mode.
THe problem is how i can switch between consoles in the guest system.
You can not press alt ctrl Fx so that’s not worth trying again.
I  did a search on google and found that if i  use vmware workstation i should use ctrl alt space and then i have to release space and press any f key.
This does’nt work either.
Does anyone here use a mac and vmware with a linux guest?
Thanks.
/A

Re: Switching console in guest operating system.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I don't have a Mac, and it's been a while since I've used VMware Player, 
but when using VMware Player under Ubuntu, I was able to go into VMware 
Player's configuration and change the key sequence that returned control 
back to the host operating system. Maybe something similar can be done 
on the Mac.


On 09/09/2018 12:46 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi!
> I use a macbook air with Vmware fusion.
>
> I have got ubuntu  18.04 up and running but i want to go into console mode.
> THe problem is how i can switch between consoles in the guest system.
> You can not press alt ctrl Fx so that’s not worth trying again.
> I  did a search on google and found that if i  use vmware workstation i should use ctrl alt space and then i have to release space and press any f key.
> This does’nt work either.
> Does anyone here use a mac and vmware with a linux guest?
> Thanks.
> /A
>
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Re: Switching console in guest operating system.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I had to do something similar when using a keyboard that didn't have the F1 etc keys.

My solution was to remap the keyboard to use a key combination I did have.

The general solution is like this:
First create a new keymap.
keydump > new.keydump

edit new keymap so your selected key combo switches to an alternate console
example:
Modify the alt-shift-1 key combination to select console 1.

vi new.keydump
Change
	shift	alt	keycode   2 = Meta_exclam     
to
	shift	alt	keycode   2 = Console_1 


Then load the modified keymap.

loadkeys new.keydump

So now hitting shift-alt-1 should switch to console 1.


Good luck.

On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 07:46:17PM +0200, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi!
> I use a macbook air with Vmware fusion.
> 
> I have got ubuntu  18.04 up and running but i want to go into console mode.
> THe problem is how i can switch between consoles in the guest system.
> You can not press alt ctrl Fx so that???s not worth trying again.
> I  did a search on google and found that if i  use vmware workstation i should use ctrl alt space and then i have to release space and press any f key.
> This does???nt work either.
> Does anyone here use a mac and vmware with a linux guest?
> Thanks.
> /A
> 
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Re: Switching console in guest operating system.

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi!
I think i can do that.
Will try this later.
/A

> 9 sep. 2018 kl. 20:29 skrev Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>:
> 
> I don't have a Mac, and it's been a while since I've used VMware Player, but when using VMware Player under Ubuntu, I was able to go into VMware Player's configuration and change the key sequence that returned control back to the host operating system. Maybe something similar can be done on the Mac.
> 
> 
> On 09/09/2018 12:46 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Hi!
>> I use a macbook air with Vmware fusion.
>> 
>> I have got ubuntu  18.04 up and running but i want to go into console mode.
>> THe problem is how i can switch between consoles in the guest system.
>> You can not press alt ctrl Fx so that’s not worth trying again.
>> I  did a search on google and found that if i  use vmware workstation i should use ctrl alt space and then i have to release space and press any f key.
>> This does’nt work either.
>> Does anyone here use a mac and vmware with a linux guest?
>> Thanks.
>> /A
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Blinux-list mailing list
>> Blinux-list@redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> 
> -- 
> Christopher (CJ)
> Chaltain at Gmail
> 
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