From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 14:12:24 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 6100F106566B for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:12:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com (gv-out-0910.google.com [216.239.58.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B7C08FC2D for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:12:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pisymbol@gmail.com) Received: by gv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n40so915258gve.39 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:12:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=d3tIuTinsJMJBQuruSJs0LkLRfErARq4gSRzfsDk9Fg=; b=R/X1W/UdqB7pi8xTm3GpyqQkP0G0YWhKSp/1gAGmI+3QJSsnpHV4nWGjoL4TLC/rhz9kc3gyzSG2T3YtZLmbXWgS9HUfvaVITiLQ8BkxmyNJmySIiXUVJKu3T4nA9YPwdAWFq5iejvCh0z5YjBlomlzJdh6gP+crEHHupQa0nWI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=QpnRUrVozZMGTXcqcrrJzDotAIDJchojsunQF7Ghq/enlgrqbfwtSK4HsbGMGUTBwiSNMs8+GlGi19zNe81qPp4a/syE+Wu7pGRUpj/XmCXIsf7kfbUR2tQcr83kGQ8G/XHoRsYV2Gw0TUcFWl3/HtvBJb1+77wNfTpmJf1PJqw= Received: by 10.150.148.7 with SMTP id v7mr5465466ybd.26.1205417540261; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:12:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.230.16 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:12:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c0b01820803130712j735f3efdi84b0e92f9c592c66@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:12:20 -0400 From: "Alexander Sack" To: "John Nielsen" In-Reply-To: <3c0b01820803121501o45065f61gfba0d0fa8f1e71f1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <3c0b01820803121329h2c223a6ek66e8f2d4bb7510fe@mail.gmail.com> <3c0b01820803121337s17f256f7j47402c84610c9b07@mail.gmail.com> <200803121654.42936.lists@jnielsen.net> <3c0b01820803121501o45065f61gfba0d0fa8f1e71f1@mail.gmail.com> 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: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:12:24 -0000 Well, I'm stumped. ALT key just does not work as designed on my Fusion/FreeBSDS-7.0-RELEASE install. Its probably pilot error but I just don't see it. I even tried inverting the Alt/Option key to see if that would work. I thought the issue was I rebuilt a VMWARE kernel stubbing out a lot of unnecessary modules from a normal GENERIC build. I know its far fetched but I thought when this did work once, I was running GENERIC. Man this sucks! :(! -aps On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:01 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: > 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 > -- "What lies behind us and what lies in front of us is of little concern to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson