With "-serial mon:stdio" on the qemu command line, it starts it's
command shell in the start-up terminal. You next need to prod this with
"^A c" (no quotes) to get the prompt, and there you can do things like
"sendkey ctrl-alt-f1" and more. There is overwhelming documentation.

Ralph.

fsmithred wrote on 25/04/17 22:00:
> On 04/24/2017 09:04 PM, Joel Roth wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 08:43:35AM -0400, fsmithred wrote:
>>>>> If you want to try the October live iso, let me know.
>>> jessie-vdev2 iso:
>>> http://distro.ibiblio.org/refracta/files/experimental/
>>
>> Thanks for this. It is nice to have a running example
>> of a linux system with vdev!
>>
>>> Notes:
>>> - boots to console, startx to get to openbox
>>
>> The console isn't available in my testing.
>>
>> When I run this (under qemu) all boot menu choices I tested started
>> openbox. And X is always respawned after I kill it.
>>
>> Running under qemu, the key combinations I would use to get
>> to a virtual console, such as Ctrl-Alt-2, or even
>> Ctrl-Alt-Backspace exit the qemu grab.
>>
>> regards,
>>
>>
>
> Oh right. It only boots to console after you install it. That's because
> live-config scripts will enable auto-login to desktop and console. To
> disable that in a live session, press TAB at the boot menu and edit the
> chosen boot entry to add 'noautologin noxautologin'.
>
> I don't know how to drop to console in qemu. I get the same as you (host
> system drops to console.) In virtualbox, right-ctrl-F2 works.
>
> fsmithred
>
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