[~solved] agetty --- print number of vconsoles and switch in vmware?

dear arch experts---l am running a standard non-GUI arch in vmware fusion.  I am now trying to switch between gettys (virtual consoles).  this requires sending ctrl-alt-f1 through ctrl-alt-f6, accdg to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Getty .
first, I want to check how many virtual consoles I have.   getty isn't mentioned in /etc/ anymore.  the only time any mention to getty occurs in /var/log is in /var/log/pacman.log .  I looked at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd_FAQ ps.  by default, "ps -aux" shows that there is no running agetty process.  I can start one with systemctl start [email protected] (at which point they are suspended).
second, I want to switch to it in vmware fusion.  this isn't really an arch question.  I need to send the ctrl-alt-f2.  vmware docs say that I need to type ctrl-alt-space followed by the f-key (while holding space), but that does not do anything.  this could be because I don't have any virtual terminals, or because I am not sending the right key-sequence.  (I don't think there is a command line utility to switch virtual consoles, either.)
does anyone else run non-GUI arch as a guest in vmware fusion with virtual terminals?
/iaw
Last edited by iaw4 (2015-01-13 00:39:28)

iaw4 wrote:dear arch experts
That's not me but I'm going to answer anyway
As your link says there is only one TTY launched at startup, others are activated by pressing <Ctrl>+<Alt>+F2-F6; the number of auto-activated TTYs is capped to six but his can be increased.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … _gettys.3F
I run Arch on the bare metal so I don't know about your second query.

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