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I have installed CentOS 7.1 in VMware Fusion of my Mac. I logged into the terminal (default runlevel 3) and started the GUI using the command "startx". I want to switch back to the terminal. Ctrl+Alt+F1 is not working and Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar and F1 also doesn't work. What is the correct combination to switch between GUI and terminal in the VM on my Mac?

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  • try doing Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F1. The Fn key tells os x that the F keys should be treated as F keys instead of special keys (like brightness dimming, etc.)
    – Russell Uhl
    Commented May 20, 2015 at 13:25
  • Try Ctl + Alt + F2, or Ctl + Alt + F3. Ctl + Alt + F1 may be mapped to some function in the Window manager (In case of XFCE, it calls the menu). Ctl + Alt + F7 should switch back to the GUI mode. Check in the window manager (which are you using?) for key bindings to the Ctl-Alt function keys.
    – jcoppens
    Commented May 20, 2015 at 23:39

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When using VirtualBox on OSX you can use CTRL + ALT + FN + F3 to start the command line in a Linux VM (e.g. Arch Linux).

Switching back to GUI with: CTRL + ALT + FN + F2/F1

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Unfortunately there are no virtual consoles in OSX. All you can do is to ssh from another machine. Thats the closest thing to a virtual terminal.

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You also should try using Fusion in fullscreen versus the smaller window. This was the only way I could get Ctrl-Alt-FN-F3 to work.

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