Getting a tty in vmware (was Re: vmware + ubuntu )

[Alex Mandel]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:01:27 +0530
> "Kamal Paryani" <kamalparyani at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> in vmware i am not able to switch to tty1 using
>> ctrl+alt+space+f1
> 
> Open a terminal ( e.g. Applications - Accessories - Terminal in GNOME )
> Type 
> 
> sudo chvt 1
> 
> You are dumped to tty 1
> 
> Login, do your stuff , then
> 
> sudo chvt 7
> 
> to return to the desktop, which runs on tty7.
> 
> The Ctrl-Alt-F1  combo can never work on vmware, since it uses "ctrl-alt"
> to release "grab" ( at least on vmplayer which is what I was using to test
> the chvt command).  
> 
> "chvt"  means "change virtual terminal - it requires sudo or root
> privileges as above. 
> 
> Seemed to work OK here :)
> 
> Peter
> 
FYI, you can change the release key "ctrl-alt" in the vmware settings.

Alex