From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 12 22:01:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96907106567C for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:01:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E67E8FC1A for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:01:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id y2so388606uge.37 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:01:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hhyUjxaMfLaZn1jMIwqW1USf2wfvPJ1a3DZRN3/5CTA=; b=h7cH7OFxkxCNF/Rfn0JmTyNQL9tNLZZf1Kgc+MvF/O1qnzcdy4f8nUHt3wSHq0/u6wXEC2TM4gXe9C95XtFHIAD14jbltuSLDMJGAFgv4eM6W81x8aYXwIgbWviYVR7KRNWrOyoEca69gKPmrgP24n1S3ir798dQVVYq96g9+oI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=CDcvgSdU7+w8OigdvpN7y0+dEwp+hDGIQWVq6l3OVEewk0pxJvHmJ82AMKClQ1DoCQAXzE+p4r94zn+fCJJZ384eADPqxCWk4CzLM8TZh0mlgvMExQD9EYJvrNGNvFHYYuFyZ1q0e/I1TqPkDDAs1fRONMKONSaLLcL5RvPWQQU= Received: by 10.151.60.12 with SMTP id n12mr4847290ybk.97.1205359280313; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:01:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.230.16 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:01:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c0b01820803121501o45065f61gfba0d0fa8f1e71f1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:01:20 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" To: "John Nielsen" In-Reply-To: <200803121654.42936.lists@jnielsen.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3c0b01820803121329h2c223a6ek66e8f2d4bb7510fe@mail.gmail.com> <3c0b01820803121337s17f256f7j47402c84610c9b07@mail.gmail.com> <200803121654.42936.lists@jnielsen.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switching terminals under VMWare Fusion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:01:23 -0000 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 wrote: > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 04:37:44 pm Alexander Sack wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Alexander Sack > 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