From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 12:33:43 2008 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 8ABC21065672 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:33:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from mail.pica.nl (mail.pica.nl [192.87.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4621F8FC22 for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:33:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Matthias.Apitz@oclc.org) Received: from rebelion.Sisis.de ([193.31.10.34]) by mail.pica.nl with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:36:37 +0200 Received: (from guru@localhost) by rebelion.Sisis.de (8.14.2/8.13.8/Submit) id m3OCXel3008671 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:33:40 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from matthias.apitz@oclc.org) X-Authentication-Warning: rebelion.Sisis.de: guru set sender to matthias.apitz@oclc.org using -f Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:33:40 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080424123340.GA8471@rebelion.Sisis.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE (i386) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Apr 2008 12:36:37.0258 (UTC) FILETIME=[D66E16A0:01C8A607] Subject: VMware-server-1.0.5 on Linux host && console on FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Matthias Apitz List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:33:43 -0000 Hello, I've installed VMware-server-1.0.5 on some box running Linux (SuSE Enterprise 8); this VMware-server brings a console which connects to port 901 (default) and you can manage your virtual machines in the server with some graphical tool; as usual the VMware-server is only available for Windows and Linux, but I was hoping that the console is just VNC and I could manage it with, for example, vncviewer from my FreeBSD laptop -- no look, they use some other protocol; the console on Linux is just some scripting which launches a GTK application: /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh /usr/lib/vmware/lib /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware /usr/lib/vmware/libconf and it could be that one could it make happy on FreeBSD too; has someone tried this out? or is there some other way to get this console running on BSD? thx in advance matthias -- Matthias Apitz Manager Technical Support - OCLC GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28g - 82041 Oberhaching - Germany t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e - w http://www.oclc.org/ http://www.UnixArea.de/ b http://gurucubano.blogspot.com/ Don't top-post, read RFC1855 http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet and in e-mail?