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Mitch
Asked: 2012-07-06 22:49:33 +0800 CST

Why can't I access the virtual terminal tty1 under VMware Workstation?

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I have Ubuntu installed inside VMWare Workstation 8. The host OS is Ubuntu 11.10. When I boot Ubuntu, and login, all is OK. But when I try to open console Ctrl+Alt+F1 it does not.

I have VMWare tools installed. How can I fix this?

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer
    • Enter full-screen mode first with Ctrl+Alt+Enter
    • Click inside the Ubuntu VM (to make sure input is grabbed)
    • Then try entering tty1 with Ctrl+Alt+F1

    Works great for me here.

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  2. Check if that keystroke combo is not being passed to Windows (host OS) instead. I have has similar issues with VirtualBox.

    Note: You are still running the standard Ubuntu binary code, but on quite different 'hardware'. It is actually running on the VMware 8 emulation of a PC, not your desktop PC. Some keystrokes are (by default) retained for passing commands back to the host.

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