On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 2:36:55 AM UTC+1, Charles Carter wrote: > > Thanks for your response. I've seen that and tried it. Didn't work. The > last time I did <RT-CTL><F1> repeatedly, thinking perhaps that I had only a > small window, and it still didn't work. Exactly WHEN should I press this > sequence? >
Right Ctrl key is the default "host key" of Virtual Box. (it is also used to switch between its full-screen and normal modes -- in combination with a different key, not F1) If you did set the host key to something else, you'd need to use your new "host key" instead of your right Ctrl key. > > Thanks again for your help, CC > > > On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 2:00:46 PM UTC-4, Volker Braun wrote: >> >> Press Right-Ctrl and F1 to switch to a console window. Or ssh into the >> vm. More at https://wiki.sagemath.org/SageAppliance/SageMath-7 >> >> >> >> On Sunday, July 24, 2016 at 6:57:21 PM UTC+2, Charles Carter wrote: >>> >>> Hello, I've spent a considerable amount of time looking, reading posts, >>> and attempting to read the manuals. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to >>> accomplish what I wish. I use Python, R, and Octave -- I invoke the command >>> interpreter on the DOS command line. I can enter commands interactively. I >>> can also write prIograms using a text editor, import, source, or load the >>> programs in the command interpreter, and execute the programs. >>> >>> I'm new to sage an d new to virtual box, and (quite frankly) don't know >>> what I'm doing. When I open VirtualBox, I see a Sage7.2 VM. When I start >>> that VM, I get a Jupyter Notebook. I cannot for the life of me seem to be >>> able to invoke the command interpreter I've tried repeatedly pressing >>> Rt-Ctl, F-1 (which is what the instructions say to do, but that does not >>> work. >>> >>> How do I get to the command interpreter in Sage running on VirtualBox? >>> Here are a couple of screenshots. Thanks, CC >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gb5MJQEcqpU/V5RGq27awpI/AAAAAAAAACM/84Lb1rg766Mr4IrEdd_BxWECwXaBiM0dQCLcB/s1600/ss02.PNG> >>> >>> >>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0eU2qV2qUJk/V5RGmTeCvoI/AAAAAAAAACI/-byoOpY4c4wvNtRdGIwTy2ET1YVQqA7GACLcB/s1600/ss01.PNG> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
