Server Console VMWare Server 2.0.1 ( 2009/03/31 | Build: 156745 ) does not have a CTRL-ALT-DELETE option

by: Amain under: Ubuntu on: October 03, 2009

The CTRL-ALT-DELETE option in the Server Console of VMWare Server 2.0.1( 2009/03/31 | Build: 156745 ) is missing. This is very anoying. In Ubuntu, when pressing CTRL-ALT-DELETE the ‘Close Computer’ screen appears. Also pressing CTRL-ALT removes keyboaard/mouse control from the VMWare Server Console window back to Ubuntu/X Server. So is there no way yo login into your Windows Guest OS. Of course there are other options:

  • Press CTR-ALT-. ( The . / ALT key on the numeric keyboard )
  • On a laptop without numeric keyboard: CTRL-ALT-PrintScrn
    ( note: on my laptop that is: CTRL-ALT-Fn-PrintScrn )
  • CTRL-ALT-INS is reported to work but, didn’t work for me
  • Using VNC
    • Add the following lines to the VMWare .vmx config file:

       RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = "TRUE"
       RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "5900"
       RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = ""
    • Restart Guest OS and connect with vncviewer to the screen of the Guest OS
    • Press F8 and choose from the menu ‘Send CTRL-ALT-DELETE’

There are more options, but these seem to me the best working.

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