From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 28 21:32:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73D2B1065672 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: from mail.el.net (mail.el.net [74.1.12.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A528FC17 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 79673 invoked by uid 1008); 28 Jul 2010 22:54:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kalins-macbook-pro.local) (kalin@el.net@74.1.12.115) by mail.el.net with ESMTPA; 28 Jul 2010 22:54:22 -0000 Message-ID: <4C50A1D6.7010803@el.net> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:32:06 -0400 From: kalin m User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Macintosh/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4C4FB661.5040903@el.net> <4C502CB6.1030007@comcast.net> <4C5058BD.3080301@el.net> <4C509B1B.1040200@el.net> In-Reply-To: <4C509B1B.1040200@el.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: vmware and freebsd 8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:32:09 -0000 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 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"