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Re: FYI: Issues using VirtualBox for development of the Debian Installer



On Monday 29 October 2007, Frans Pop wrote:
> 1) Should allow the use of ctrl-alt-Fx for console switching
> For the graphical installer the _only_ way to switch from the main
> console to any of the others is to use the ctrl-alt-<function key> key
> combinations. As these are currently not captured inside the VM, VBox is
> not usable for testing the graphical version of the installer.

Turns out this _is_ possible by using the key combo <host key>-Fx (where 
<host key> is the key configured in preferences->input).
This also works for crtl-alt-del and ctrl-alt-backspace.

See: http://www.virtualbox.org/download/UserManual.pdf (section 3.4.1.2)

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