Solutions Log » VMware http://solutions.unixsherpa.com by Dan Reiland Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:28:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Install VMware Tools on a Gentoo Guest http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/07/08/install-vmware-tools-on-a-gentoo-guest/ http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/2009/07/08/install-vmware-tools-on-a-gentoo-guest/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:21:01 +0000 Dan http://solutions.unixsherpa.com/?p=130 Install VMware Tools mount /mnt/cdrom cd /tmp tar xvfz /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-158874.tar.gz cd vmware-tools-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl All defaults with the exception of: /etc/rc.d -> location of the rc.d directories /etc/init.d -> location of the init scripts When prompted to [...]]]>
  • emerge pciutils mkinitrd
  • mkdir /etc/rc.d
  • cd /etc/rc.d
  • for i in `seq 0 6`; do mkdir rc$i.d; done
  • File -> Install VMware Tools
  • mount /mnt/cdrom
  • cd /tmp
  • tar xvfz /mnt/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-158874.tar.gz
  • cd vmware-tools-distrib/
  • ./vmware-install.pl
  • All defaults with the exception of:
    /etc/rc.d -> location of the rc.d directories
    /etc/init.d -> location of the init scripts
  • When prompted to run vmware-tools-config, decline
  • rc-update add vmware-tools default
  • /usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl
  • Verify that everything compiles without error
  • Reboot
  • Verify that VMware tools are reported as running in the VI console

    • Note: This was tested and found working under VMware VI 3.5.x with Gentoo x86_64, kernel 2.6.27-gentoo-r8.

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