Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 15:59:51 -0700 From: "edflecko ." <edflecko@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: VMTools successfully installed on FBSD 10 - can't drag and drop to or from VM Message-ID: <CAFS4T6bf8iTaDJNnLkjt6NXMt-mMEWz1--un30V%2B0LT6F7VRWw@mail.gmail.com>
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I've finally figured out how to install the VMTools on a FBSD 10 VM, but oddly enough - I can't drag and drop (which is my primary reason for installing them)! Here's how I installed so maybe someone can see what might be wrong? - cd /usr/ports/lang/perl5.16 make config-recursive make all clean install pkg install xorg pkg install xfce Xorg -configure echo 'hald_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'dbus_enable=3D"YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo =E2=80=9C/usr/local/bin/startxfce4=E2=80=9D >> /root/.xinitrc echo =E2=80=9C/usr/local/bin/startxfce4=E2=80=9D >> /home/user/.xinitrc reboot Next, in virtual machine client, Go to guest -> install vmware tools. This will mount the tools CDROM in the virtual machine. pkg install compat6x-amd64 mkdir /mnt/cdrom mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt/cdrom cp /mnt/cdrom/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz /tmp cd /tmp tar -xzvf vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz wget http://ogris.de/vmware/vmware-tools-distrib.diff wget http://ogris.de/vmware/vmblock-only.diff wget http://ogris.de/vmware/vmmemctl-only.diff cd vmware-tools-distrib patch -p1 < /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib.diff cd lib/modules/source/ tar xf vmblock.tar tar xf vmmemctl.tar cd vmblock-only patch -p1 < /tmp/vmblock-only.diff make && make install cd ../vmmemctl-only patch -p1 < /tmp/vmmemctl-only.diff make && make install cd /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/ ./vmware-install.pl Accept all defaults and finally - echo 'ifconfig_vxn0=3D=E2=80=9DDHCP=E2=80=9D' >> /etc/rc.conf pkg install xf86-video-vmware pkg install xf86-input-vmmouse Everything seems to install without error and yet I still can't drag and drop from or to the XFCE desktop! Suggestions? Thank you, Ed
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