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How to switch virtual console on Ubuntu inside VirtualBox

📅 2015-Jan-12 ⬩ ✍️ Ashwin Nanjappa ⬩ 🏷️ keyboard shortcuts, ubuntu, virtual console ⬩ 📚 Archive

I sometimes run Ubuntu inside a VirtualBox virtual machine. In this Ubuntu, to switch from graphical window manager to the first virtual console, press Host + F1. By default, the Host key in VirtualBox is assigned to Right Ctrl key. So, I press Right Ctrl + F1. To get back to graphical window manager, switch to the 7th virtual console: Right Ctrl + F7.

Tried with: VirtualBox 4.3.20


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