Changing VT using a command line ?

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 13:59 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> One problem I am having with trying dev version of Ubuntu in a virtual
> machine, is that I can't switch VT using the usal shortcuts, as the
> host has the priority over the virtual machine.
> I seem to remember learning some alternate shortcut in VMware to work
> around this problem, but I also remember trying it and finding that it
> didn't quite "jsut work".
> ALso, I am now using VirtualBox instead of VMware, and I have not heard
> of any work around at all.
> 
> So I was thinking, is there some linux command I could type at the
> command line, that allows to switch VT ?
> 
> I don't know something like: $<magic command> VT7 ;-)
> 
> No idea if such a command exist, but if I don't ask, I will never
> know ! ;-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Vince
> 
You can try using the Right Control key in the VirtualBox machine in
place of the normal keys. Rt Ctrl-Del instead of Ctrl-Alt-Del; Rt
Ctrl-F1 instead of Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to to VT-1; when in virtual
terminals, use it instead of Alt.

good luck,

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