ctrl+alt+f1 on linux guest

firstofthegreat · Post by **firstofthegreat** » 14. Jan 2009, 01:39

I am having some trouble sending ctrl+alt+f1 or any of the f keys actually, to linux. I read elsewhere that I should try the host key + f1, but that just opens virtual box help.

host: vista x64
guest: open suse 11.0 x64_86

Post by **Sasquatch** » 14. Jan 2009, 23:56

Did you VM actually grabbed the keyboard when you pressed that key combination? Remember, you have to hold the keys, not press them in sequence.

firstofthegreat · Post by **firstofthegreat** » 16. Jan 2009, 20:24

I did hold them, as for grabbing the keyboard, I'm sure it is as I can do alt+f1. It's probably important to note that ctrl+alt+f1 worked before installing the guest additions.

Post by **Sasquatch** » 18. Jan 2009, 17:14

The GA in 2.1.0 breaks the keyboard layout and defaults it to US. You can install an older version of the GA (which can be found on http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/ for download). It should fix it. I believe that it's already fixed in the SVN, so the next version should have this fix.