Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:03:23 -0400 From: kalin m <kalin@el.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware and freebsd 8 Message-ID: <4C509B1B.1040200@el.net> In-Reply-To: <4C5058BD.3080301@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>
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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"
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