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VMware Server 2.0 For Linux Doesn’t Have a “Send Ctrl-Alt-Del” Button

Started by Daniel Miessler · 7 months ago

Forget the license issue they had, someone needs to be killed over this one. You install the product, build a guest os (Server 2008 for me), reboot, and you’re staring at a Login Prompt.

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24 comments

  • Doc Rice

    8 months ago

    Why even use VMware Server instead of ESXi? I tried VMware Server 2.0 when it was in alpha and it was horrible compared to 1.x. Of course, it was an alpha, and I could see how they're trying to make the management interface more like their Infrastructure offerings (VC, VIC), but I still thought it was bad.


    ESXi, on the other hand, works quite well for free.

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  • brooksgarrett

    8 months ago

    Dude.. Seriously, I'm disappointed.


    CTRL+ALT+Insert

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  • Daniel Miessler

    8 months ago

    Brooks,


    The keyboard wasn't working, so that didn't help me... ;) That was in the post, man. I'm seriously disappointed.

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  • The Nag

    8 months ago

    Just had the same with accessing a Windows VM from an Ubuntu host. Ctrl-Alt-Insert and Ctrl-Alt-Del didn't work... the one that did was Ctrl-Alt-. (from the numeric keypad that is also the del key).


    No idea why, but it let me in and saved me the pain of another reboot/rebuild...

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  • brooksgarrett

    8 months ago

    Boo. I saw VMware Server for Linux, but read "ESXi".


    VMware IC was doing the same thing and the keyboard works there. I've abandoned Server some time ago for the awesomeness that is ESXi.


    Insert facepalm here for my previous comment.

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  • Robor007

    7 months ago

    Thanks for the ctrl-alt-del (del on the keypad)


    I was pulling my hair out wondering why it wouldn't bring up the login screen!

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  • Ben L

    7 months ago

    Actually in the webbased console its under the "Trouble Shooting" submenu just like it is in the windows version. I use 2.x on my laptop to run XP for work.


    "VMware Remote Console" -> "Trouble Shooting" -> "Send CTRL-ALT-DEL"


    Agreed its in a dumbass place, but its there =)

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  • jon

    4 months ago

    Actually on the Linux version of Vmware Server 2 there is no option to "Send CTRL-ALT-DEL" under VMWare Remote Console ->Trouble Shooting. It isn't there. Also CTRL-ALT-DEL and CTRL-ALT-INSERT don't do anything.

    Fortunately the post above mentioned using the Del on the key pad. That works.
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  • Roger

    7 months ago

    CTRL-ALT-PRINT (Print Screen) works on my Ubuntu 8.10 box or use another windows box in your network (if there is one;-) and connect to the remote console with the IE. I think it's a problem with the Linux Firefox Plugin.


    by have fun

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  • David Timms

    7 months ago

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  • re3e

    7 months ago

    @ The Nag
    tkx a million , freaking could'nt believe i was not able to 3fs my virtual windows vm ,

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  • Visual Echo

    7 months ago

    Wow. Just got stung by this one. Wow. That's a buttload of work I just did for nothing. It looked so good, too.
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  • Adam Keily

    6 months ago

    Try Ctrl+Alt+PrintScreen.

    I found that installing The remote console app on my Fedora 10 box had the Delete Key mapped to the printscreen key.
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  • vinod

    3 months ago

    Thanks it works for me.
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  • Haegdorens Davy

    6 months ago

    I still don`t get this one.


    With vmware server running via the webinterface, there is no “VMware Remote Console” -> “Trouble Shooting” -> “Send CTRL-ALT-DEL


    also when you press ctrl-alt you go out of your player window.


    Can anyone explain this please?

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  • Leslie

    6 months ago

    I didn't see the "VMWare Remote Console" thing either (VMWare Server 2.0, web based).
    And Ctrl-Alt-Insert took me out of my player window just like Ctrl-Alt-Del did.

    But, magically and mysteriously, when I pressed Ctrl-Alt-(Del on the numeric keypad), it worked like a champ.

    I was freaking out, you guys saved me!!
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  • InfoNutz

    5 months ago

    LOL at the Ctrl-Alt-PrtScreen i'm glad someone posted that or I would have been madly banging on the keyboard just like whoever figured that out.
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  • Arakiz

    3 months ago

    C-A-P doesn't work either :(
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  • peeler

    3 months ago

    So, with Ubuntu 8.10, running VMWare Server 2, using the web interface, there is no "Remote Console -> Troubleshoot -> Send Ctrl+Alt+Del"" option!
    Short list of the keys i have found to work (that you should try):
    Ctrl-Alt-Del (Delete from the Numeric keypad ONLY)
    Ctrl-Alt-/ (Slash key from Numeric Keypad ONLY)
    Ctrl-Alt-PrtScr
    Ctrl-Alt-Insert
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  • Nathan Baca

    2 months ago

    Just bit me as well on my laptop. I had no numpad del key to press so the magic key combo for me running ubuntu 8.10 was ctrl-fn-win-alt-del. Go figure. I think the issue is that ctrl-alt is the combo to release input from the vm... so the key combo never actually gets sent to the vm. My Troubleshooting menu did not have send ctrl-alt-delete either.

    Happy hunting, Nate
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  • Facus

    2 months ago

    Thanks it works for me.

    Pack:
    Ubuntu 9.04
    VMware server 2
    Windows Server 2003
    Flock 2
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  • Anonymous

    2 months ago

    None of the above methods I've tried (ctrl-alt-keypad del . / insert printscreen) seem to work via TigthVNC.

    Anybody know how to accomplish this in a TightVNC session?
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  • Laszlo Csontos

    2 months ago

    Hi! Ohh, thank you for you post! CTRL-ALT-PRINT did work! (I was trying for hours to get in to a fresh Win2k3 install on my Fedora 10 box with no luck).
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  • Mario R Mena

    3 weeks ago

    I think this is a very helpful link. It fixes all the keyboard mapping problems. Even for VMware server 2.0

    http://communities.vmware.com/message/1091425
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