Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:06 -0400 From: kalin m <kalin@el.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware and freebsd 8 Message-ID: <4C50A1D6.7010803@el.net> In-Reply-To: <4C509B1B.1040200@el.net> References: <4C4FB661.5040903@el.net> <AANLkTi=arfaN8rYd4=sh4i7m84WUTSGTFMjxVUoRwrqE@mail.gmail.com> <4C502CB6.1030007@comcast.net> <AANLkTi=upnE3xCZyuUuDC2RMOLALPisueg19ZrMJ70Or@mail.gmail.com> <4C5058BD.3080301@el.net> <4C509B1B.1040200@el.net>
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for the record - if anybody's interested... http://communities.vmware.com/thread/249774;jsessionid=79E1617AEC857E6B51C29539AD294AC9?tstart=0 kalin m wrote: > > > so installed the open-vmware-tools-nox11 package... the vsphere ( the > client interface) detects it but it says VMWare Tools: Unmanaged. any > idea what that means? > > i did try to install from source off the sourceforge site without x > and some other stuff but it's broken..... > > thanks... > > > > kalin m wrote: >> >> awesome... thanks to all replies... i'll try the nox11 also.. >> those machines are only intended as servers so guis are not >> necessary... thanks... >> >> >> >> Kevin Wilcox wrote: >>> On 28 July 2010 09:12, Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> We've always used the open-vm-tools port >>>> (/usr/ports/emulators/open-vm-tools-nox11). There is both an x11 and >>>> "nox11" version, both of which work very well. It also includes a >>>> handful >>>> of other drivers and modules, including the memory balloon driver. >>>> >>>> If you only intend on using the vmware-guestd, vmxnet, and/or vmmemctl >>>> (memory ballon driver), then you can build with "-DWITHOUT_DNET >>>> -DWITHOUT_ICU -DWITHOUT_FUSE" to eliminate a few more dependencies. >>>> >>> >>> Steve - that's excellent advice. I'll try out open-vm-tools-nox11 on >>> one of my VMs this afternoon and see how it goes. Thanks!! >>> >>> kmw >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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